Baqat al-Hatab
| Baqat al-Hatab | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | باقة الحطب |
 Baqat al-Hatab
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| Coordinates: 32°12′17″N 35°06′53″E / 32.20472°N 35.11472°ECoordinates: 32°12′17″N 35°06′53″E / 32.20472°N 35.11472°E | |
| Palestine grid | 161/179 |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,748 |
| Name meaning | Baka, from personal name |
Baqat al-Hatab (Arabic: باقة الحطب) is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 20 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 1,748 inhabitants in 2006.
In 1882 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Baka (Beni Sab): "A well-built stone village in a conspicuous position on a bare ridge, with a few olives, and a well to the north; it is a small place. A high house on the north side formed a trigonometrical station in 1873."
In a 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Baqa had a population of 207 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census, when Baqa had a population of 282 Muslims, with 63 houses.
In 1945 the population was 390 Muslims, with 8,950 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 645 dunams were for plantations or irrigated land, 1,688 were for cereals, while 36 dunams were built-up land.
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Baqa came under Jordanian rule.
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Baqa has been under Israeli occupation
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