Qabatya

Qabatiyah
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	قباطية
Qabatiya general view (Eastern field)
Qabatiyah Location of Qabatiyah within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°24′35″N 35°16′51″E / 32.40972°N 35.28083°E / 32.40972; 35.28083Coordinates: 32°24′35″N 35°16′51″E / 32.40972°N 35.28083°E / 32.40972; 35.28083
Palestine grid	176/201
Governorate	Jenin
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Head of Municipality	Mr. Ali Zakarneh
Area
• Jurisdiction	50,547 dunams (50.55 km2 or 19.52 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Jurisdiction	19,197
Name meaning	“The Copts´place”

Qabatiya (Arabic: قباطية‎‎, also spelled Qabatia and Qabatiyah; is a Palestinian city located in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank 6 km south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007.

Its total land area consists of 50,547 dunams (50.5 km²; 19.5 sq mi) and it is situated approximately 256 metres (840 ft) above sea level. Qabatiya is famous for its olive groves, modern agriculture, and limestone industry. It is a part of the Jenin Governorate.

Sherds have been found here from Persian, Hellenistic, early and late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras. A Muslim traveller in the 12th century CE indicated "a village in the district of Jenin".

Qabatiya, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 89 households and 18 bachelors, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 14,920 akçe. Half of the revenues went to the Tarabay Bey of Lajjun. In 1105 AH (1693 CE) Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi mentioned a village on the road from Nablus to Jenin.