Al-Qubayba, Hebron

al-Qubayba

القبيبة
Qubeiba
al-Qubayba القبيبة Qubeiba
	Etymology: The little (eastern) dome
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Qubayba, Hebron (click the buttons)
	al-Qubayba Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°34′20″N 34°51′16″E / 31.57222°N 34.85444°E
Palestine grid	136/108
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Hebron
Date of depopulation	28 October 1948
Area
• Total	11,912 dunams (11.912 km2 or 4.599 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,060
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Lakhish

al-Qubayba (Arabic: القبيبة, قبيبة ابن عوّاد), also known as Gbebah, Qubeiba or Qobebet Ibn 'Awwad,^[5] was a Palestinian village, located 24 kilometers northwest of Hebron. It was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 376
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris 2004, p. xix, village #323, Also gives cause of depopulation
^ Weir, Shelagh (2009). Palestinian costume (1st paperback ed.). Northampton, MA: Interlink Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-56656-727-5. OCLC 233026166.

[1] Palmer, 1881, p. 376

[1945p23-2] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23

[Hadawi50-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Morris 2004, p. xix, village #323, Also gives cause of depopulation

[5] Weir, Shelagh (2009). Palestinian costume (1st paperback ed.). Northampton, MA: Interlink Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-56656-727-5. OCLC 233026166.

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al-Qubayba القبيبة Qubeiba
Etymology: The little (eastern) dome^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Qubayba, Hebron (click the buttons)
al-Qubayba Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°34′20″N 34°51′16″E / 31.57222°N 34.85444°E / 31.57222; 34.85444
Palestine grid	136/108
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Hebron
Date of depopulation	28 October 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	11,912 dunams (11.912 km² or 4.599 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,060^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Lakhish