Hajjah, Qalqilya
Hajjah (Arabic: حجة) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located eighteen kilometers west of Nablus in the Qalqilya Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,659 inhabitants in 2017.
Hajjah | |
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Municipality type D (Village council) | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | حجة |
| • Latin | Hajjah (official) Haja (unofficial) |
Hajjah Location of Hajjah within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°12′17″N 35°07′50″E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/179 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 2,659 |
| Name meaning | Kuryet Hajja, The town of Hajja, from personal name, or pathway |
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