Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality name Aqraba image caption arname meaning founded type munc typefrom altOffSp Aqraba altUnoSp Akraba governorate nb latd 32 latm 07 lats 35.17 latNS N longd 35 longm 20 longs 36.82 longEW E population 8,180 popyear 2007 area 34,659 areakm 34.7 mayor Jawdat Abd al Hadi Aqraba lang ar big big is a Palestinian territories Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate , located eighteen kilometers southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS , Aqraba had a population of approximately 8,180 inhabitants in 2007. ref name PCBS http www.pcbs.gov.ps Portals PCBS Downloads book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics . p.110. ref Nearby hamlets surrounding Aqraba for natural extensions of the town they are the khirbets of al Arama, al Kroom, Abu al Reisa, al Rujman, Firas al Din and Tel al Khashaba. The total population of these hamlets is estimated to be 500. The prominent families of Aqraba are Bani Jaber, al Mayadima, Bani Jame , Bani Fadel and al Deili. ref http www.poica.org editor case studies view.php?recordID 1618 Aqraba Village General Information Land Research Center. 2008 10 20. ref History and archeology Aqraba is mentioned several times in the Bible as Akrabbim being at the southern boundary of the Promised Land . Its Hebrew language ... pool stands in the middle of Aqraba near the hillside nearby are some kokhim tombs. ref name ... 1185 A new Expansion in the colony of Itamar on the Lands of the Palestinian Town of Aqraba General Information about Aqraba The Land Research Center via POICA. ARIJ and LRC 2007 10 21 ref Aqraba ... as main sources of income. ref name LRC Government Aqraba is located in Area B , giving the Palestinian ... Aqraba municipality http www.imemc.org article 59228 March 2009 demolitions orders for Aqraba homes and mosque Nablus Governorate Category Towns in the West Bank he nl Aqraba ... more details
of Aqraba with an army of 40,000 warriors. The two successful actions fought by them against ... 7th century conflicts ar ca Batalla d Aqraba id Pertempuran Yamamah it Battaglia di Aqraba pnb sh Bitka kod Akrabe ... more details
from Aqraba who gradually left their village to settle in Yanun themselves. ref name Hass Edward Robinson ... dunam s. ref Hadawi, 1970, p.61. ref Today, the village is still leased by the residents of Aqraba ... more details
West Bank The Nablus Governorate lang ar big big transl ar DIN Mu fa at N blus is an administrative district of the Palestinian National Authority located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank , 53km north of Jerusalem . It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the muhfaza seat of the governorate. It is governed by Mahmoud Aloul . File Nablus in Palestine.svg thumb Municipalities Cities The only city in the governorate is Nablus. Nablus Towns The following localities have populations over 4,000 and Municipality Palestinian Authority municipal councils of 11 15 members. Aqraba Asira al Shamaliya Beita, Nablus Beita Huwara Jammain Qabalan Sebastia town Sebastiya Village councils The following localities have populations above 1,000 and Village Council Palestinian Authority village council s of 3 to 9 members. col begin col 2 Asira al Qibliya Azmut Awarta Al Badhan Balata al Balad Beit Dajan, Nablus Beit Dajan Beit Furik Beit Hasan Beit Iba Beit Imrin Beit Wazan Bizziriya Burin, Nablus Burin Burqa, Nablus Burqa Deir al Hatab Deir Sharaf Duma town Duma Einabus Furush Beit Dajan Ijnisinya Jurish Kafr Qallil Al Lubban ash Sharqiya col 2 Majdal Bani Fadil An Naqura An Naseriya Odala Osarin Qaryut Qusin Qusra Rujeib Salim, Nablus Salim Sarra, Nablus Sarra As Sawiya Talfit Talluza Tell, Nablus Tell Urif Yanun Yasid Yatma Zawata Zeita Jammain col 2 col end Refugee camps Askar camp Askar Balata Ein Beit al Ma See also Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority Sources http www.pnic.gov.ps english geography Residential 20gatherings.html Administrative divisions in the Palestinian Territories http www.nablus.gov.ps Nablus Governorate Website Nablus Governorate Governorates of Palestine coord 32 14 26 N 35 17 13.50 E display title type adm1st region IL Category Nablus Governorate Category Geography of the West Bank ar es Gobernaci n de Naplusa ko hu N blusz korm nyz s g nl Nablus gouvernement pnb pt Prov ... more details
Al Uyayna lang ar is a village in central Saudi Arabia , located some 30 km northwest of the Saudi Capital political capital Riyadh . Al Uyayna was the birthplace of Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab , whose followers are known as the Salafis . Today, Uyayna is a small village and forms together with its neighbor al Jubayla the Subgovernorate of Al Uyayna and Al Jubayla, with a combined population of 4,000. The subgovernorate is part of the Governorate of Dir iyyah , which in turn is part of Riyadh Province . Al Uyayna is located inside the narrow, dry river bed of Wadi Hanifa , which continues southwards through Dir iyyah and Riyadh . The area where Uyayna is located was the homeland of Musaylima , who claimed to be a prophet following Muhammad s death in 632, and led his tribe, the Banu Hanifa , against the Muslim conquest of the area. The Battle of Yamama between Musaylima and the Muslim general Khalid ibn al Walid occurred nearby, and a graveyard for the fallen Muslim warriors from that battle is located adjacent to the village. The name Uyayna, which is the diminutive word for water spring , was not used for the settlements in the area in that period. Instead, early Muslim geographic sources, such as Yaqut , mention the towns of Aqraba, Budha, and al Haddar, the latter said to be Musaylima s home village. Geographic sources do, however, mention, a spring in the area by the name of al Uyayn , from which the name al Uyayna probably derives. In the 15th century, the Al Mu ammar clan of the tribe of Banu Tamim purchased al Uyayna from its previous owners, the clan of Al Yazid, who are said to be a remnant of the Banu Hanifa . Later on the town prospered considerably and attracted many settlers from the vicinity, and by the 18th century had become the leading town of the region of Nejd central Arabia . The Islamic scholar and religious reformer, Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab , was born in Uyayna during this period. After extensive travels, Ibn Abd al Wahhab returned ... more details
to abandon their village in October 2002 and move to the larger nearby village of Aqraba . ref ... the victims are Farid Musa Issa Nasasrah 28 from Beit Furik and Hani Bani Maniya 22 from Aqraba. ref ... 2002, while harvesting olives near the village of Aqraba. ref name Haaretz1.32267 cite news url http ... more details
Judea n toparchy of Aqraba Acraba . ref name STF Insofar as the hilly topography of the site would ... within Jabal Nablus, and its relations with the surrounding villages, such as Beita and Aqraba ... Huwara and Aqraba to the south, Beit Furik to the southeast, Tammun to the northeast, Asira ash ... more details
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