Teqoa

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Teqoa is an ancient town in the southern West Bank, historically known as Tekoa, with biblical associations and a long-standing Palestinian community.

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Teqoa canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian community ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeType village council ⓘ
biblicalName Tekoa ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
distanceFrom Bethlehem, approximately 12 km southeast ⓘ
linked to: Bethlehem
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
governedBy Palestinian National Authority ⓘ
governorateCapital Bethlehem ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite ancient Tekoa ruins ⓘ
hasBiblicalAssociation Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
hasBiblicalFigureAssociated prophet Amos ⓘ
linked to: Amos
hasCulturalHeritage Byzantine-era remains ⓘ
Islamic-period remains ⓘ
biblical-era remains ⓘ
hasDemographics predominantly Muslim population ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity Palestinians ⓘ
linked to: Palestinian
hasLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasMajorPopulationGroup Palestinian Arabs ⓘ
linked to: Palestinian
hasMinority Christian families ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus municipality ⓘ
hasNearbyIsraeliSettlement Tekoa (Israeli settlement) ⓘ
hasNearbyMonastery Mar Saba region (Judean Desert monasteries) ⓘ
historicalName Tekoa ⓘ
inhabitedSince ancient times ⓘ
locatedIn Bethlehem Governorate ⓘ
Judean Desert ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
southern West Bank ⓘ
linked to: Southern West Bank
locatedNear Bethlehem ⓘ
Dead Sea ⓘ
Herodium ⓘ
locatedOn edge of the Judean Desert ⓘ
mentionedIn 2 Chronicles ⓘ
2 Samuel ⓘ
Book of Amos ⓘ
partOf historical region of Judea ⓘ
region Judea ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
script Arabic script ⓘ
terrain hilly ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
timeZone EET ⓘ
timeZoneDST EEST ⓘ

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