Beit Liqya
municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
Beit Liqya (Arabic: بيت لقيا) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 9,304 in 2017.
Beit Liqya is located 13.5 km southwest of Ramallah. It is bordered by Beit ‘Anan and Beit ‘Ur al Foqa to the east, Kharbatha al Misbah to the north, Beit Sira and Beit Nuba to the west, and Beit Nuba and Kharayib Umm al Lahim to the south.
History
The name Beit Liqya /Bēt liqya/ might be, in its current form, of Aramaic extraction.
In 1882, Conder and Kitchener suggested identifying Beit Liqya with the biblical Eltekeh of Joshua 19:44. However, later researchers have suggested Tel Shalaf, north of Ge'alya as the location of Eltekeh.
It has been suggested that Beit Liqya is identical with Kefar Lekitaia, referenced in Lamentations Rabbah as one of the three stations set up by Hadrian to catch fugitives from Bethar during the Bar Kokhba revolt. Safrai, on the other hand, preferred to identify Lekitaia with Khirbet el-Qutt, a ruin located 1 km south of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, where a Jewish ritual bath was discovered.
Medieval period
In the early 1200, the revenues from Beit Liqya were given as a waqf designated for the Al-Haram al-Sharif.
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