Qalqilya

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Qalqilya is a Palestinian city in the northwestern West Bank, known for being almost completely encircled by the Israeli West Bank barrier.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Qalqilya Municipality 1
قلقيلية 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
borderWith Israel
conflictContext Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
country State of Palestine
economyType agricultural
encircledBy Israeli West Bank barrier
governedBy Qalqilya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Qalqilya Municipality
hasCharacteristic almost completely surrounded by Israeli West Bank barrier
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasEducationalInstitutionType primary schools
secondary schools
hasHealthcareFacilityType clinics
hospitals
hasHistoricalEvent affected by construction of Israeli West Bank barrier in early 2000s
came under Israeli occupation in 1967
hasIssue economic isolation
land confiscation
restrictions on movement due to barrier
hasMajorReligion Islam
hasMinorityReligion Christianity
hasMunicipalStatusSince Jordanian period before 1967
hasNameInArabicScript Qalqilya self-linksurface differs
surface form: قلقيلية
hasNameLanguage Arabic
hasNearbyRefugeeCamp Qalqilya refugee camp
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
hasPopulationCharacteristic majority Muslim
predominantly Palestinian Arab
hasRefugeePopulation Palestinian refugees
hasSport football
hasTypeOfSettlement urban
isCapitalOf Qalqilya Governorate
knownFor citrus orchards
olive groves
locatedEastOf Kfar Saba NERFINISHED
locatedIn West Bank
northwestern West Bank
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Qalqilya Governorate
locatedInRegion Judean Mountains
surface form: Central Highlands of the West Bank
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time
locatedNear Green Line NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Ramallah
locatedWestOf Nablus
partOf Palestinian territories
surface form: Palestine

Palestinian territories
roadAccess connected to other West Bank cities by internal Palestinian road network
usesTimeZone UTC+02:00
usesTimeZoneDST UTC+03:00

Referenced by (4)

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West Bank containsCity Qalqilya
Qalqilya governedBy Qalqilya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Qalqilya Municipality
Qalqilya hasNameInArabicScript Qalqilya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: قلقيلية
Tulkarm locatedNear Qalqilya