Qibya

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Qibya
Arabic قبيه
Government Municipality
Governorate Ramallah & al-Bireh
Population 4,900 (2006)
Jurisdiction 16,485 dunams (16.5 km²)
Head of Municipality Fahmi Makhtub

Qibya (Arabic: قبيه‎) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 30 kilometers northwest of Ramallah and exactly north of the large Israeli settlement of Modi'in. It is part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 4,900 in mid-year 2006.[1]

In 1953 it was the scene of the Qibya massacre.