Nuba, Hebron
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| Nuba | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | نوبا |
  Nuba | |
| Coordinates: 31°36′25.96″N 35°02′12.24″E / 31.6072111°N 35.0367333°ECoordinates: 31°36′25.96″N 35°02′12.24″E / 31.6072111°N 35.0367333°E | |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,336 |
Nuba (Arabic: نوبا) is a Palestinian village located eleven kilometers north-west of Hebron.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,336 in 2007.[1]
The village is mentioned in a late 14th century document of the Mamluk Sultanate who ruled Palestine from Cairo where three villagers are named as "ar'ru'asā ["the leaders"] in the village of Nūbā".[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.118.
- ↑ Singer, 1994, p. 36.
Bibliography
- Amy Singer (1994). Palestinian peasants and Ottoman officials: rural administration around sixteenth-century Jerusalem (3rd, illustrated ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-47679-8, 9780521476799 Check
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External links
- Nuba Village (Fact Sheet)
- Nuba Village Profile
- Nuba Areal Photo
- The priorities and needs for development in Nuba village based on the community and local authorities’ assessment
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