al-Bikai'a
al-Bikai'a | |
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Village Cluster | |
Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Governorate | Tubas |
Founded | 1500 BCE |
Government | |
• Type | Village Cluster (from 1996) |
Area | |
• Total | 29,250 dunams (29.5 km2 or 11.4 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,850 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
al-Bikai'a also spelled al-Buqei'a (
The Abu Bakr as-Sadiq Mosque is the only mosque in al-Bikai'a and is located in Khirbet al-'Atuf. There is one school, and one kindergarten. Most residents go to nearby Tammun for education. About 72.3% of the inhabitants are literate with women comprising nearly two-thirds of the literate population. Agriculture constitutes 95% of the labor force while the remaining 5% work in Israeli construction.[1]
History
Al-Bikai'a has been settled since the
Government
Khirbet al-'Atuf is the only locality in the al-Bikai'a cluster that has a governing committee. It consists of four elected members and one paid employee. Its responsibilities include purchasing and distributing water to its residents, opening roads and providing electricity to the residents.
References
- ^ a b c Al-Bikai'a Villages Profile Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. February 2006.
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Tubas District by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
External links
- Survey of Western Palestine, 1880 Map, Map 12: IAA, Wikimedia commons