Qalqas or Qilqis () is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of Hebron and adjacent to Beit Hagai. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,709 in 2017. The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1.
History
French explorer Victor Guérin visited the place in 1863, and described it as "the ruins of a large village".
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine called the place Khurbet Kilkis. It was described as having "walls and cisterns, and rock-cut tombs".
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External links
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Qalqas Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, (ARIJ) Qalqas Village Profile, ARIJ Qalqas Village Area Photo, ARIJ The priorities and needs for development in Qalqas village based on the community and local authorities’ assessment, ARIJ