Sikka, Hebron

Sikka سكة
Sikka, Hebron
Sikka Location of Sikka within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°29′28″N34°56′39″E / 31.49111°N 34.94417°E / 31.49111; 34.94417
Palestine grid	144/100
Country	Palestine
Governorate	Hebron Governorate
Elevation [1]	425 m (1,394 ft)
Population  (2017) [2]
• Total	914
Name meaning	Kh. Sirreh, the ruin of cold [3]

Sikka is a Palestinian village in the Dura district of the Hebron Governorate, in the south of the West Bank. ^[4]

Population

The 2017 census listed the village's population at approximately 914. ^[2]

Geography

Located west of the city of Dura, the village is approximately 425 metres (1,394 ft) above sea level. ^[1]

History

Ottoman era

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found "ruined walls, caves, and cisterns" in Sikka. ^[5]

Jordanian era

After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the area fell under Jordanian rule. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 250 inhabitants in "Kh Sikka". ^[6]

See also

• Dura, Hebron
• Hebron Governorate

References

1. "2021 دولة فلسطين دليل الحدود االنتخابية للهيئات المحلية" [State of Palestine Guide to Electoral Boundaries for Local Authorities 2021](PDF) (in Arabic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-09.
2. النتائج األولية للتعداد العام للسكانو المساكن والمنشآت (PDF), Palestinian Statistical Central Agency, 2017, p. 79, archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2022
3. according to Palmer, 1881, p. 402
4. "Sikka/Tawas Village Profile" (PDF), Palestinian Localities Study, Hebron Governorate, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, 2009
5. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 367
6. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 22

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
• Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Welcome To Khirbat al-Sikkah at palestineremebered.com
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia Commons
• Sikka-Tawas Village (Fact Sheet) from the Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• Sikka/Tawas Village Profile, from the ARIJ
• Sikka areal photo, from the ARIJ