Ein Naqquba

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Ein Naqquba
Ein Naqquba
Coordinates: 31°47′36.06″N 35°7′6.2″E / 31.7933500°N 35.118389°E / 31.7933500; 35.118389Coordinates: 31°47′36.06″N 35°7′6.2″E / 31.7933500°N 35.118389°E / 31.7933500; 35.118389
Council Mateh Yehuda
Region Jerusalem corridor
Founded 1962
Founded by Former residents of Bayt Naqquba

Ein Naqquba (Arabic: عين نقوبا; Hebrew: עֵין נַקוּבָּא) is an Arab village in central Israel. Located west of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2007 it had a population of 2,000.

The village was established in 1962 by refugees from the village of Bayt Naqquba, which had been depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and whose lands had become Beit Nekofa. It was part of Ein Rafa until 1976, when it was recognised as a separate village.

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