Jubbet ad-Dib
Jubbet ad-Dib | |
|---|---|
Local Development Committee | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جبة الذيب |
| • Latin | Jubbet adh-Dhib (official) Jub al-Dib (unofficial) |
Jubbet ad-Dib Location of Jubbet ad-Dib within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°39′48″N 35°14′54″E / 31.66333°N 35.24833°E | |
| Palestine grid | 173/119 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| • Head of Municipality | Riad Khamis |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 144 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "the Well of Wolves" |
Jubbet ad-Dib (Arabic: جبة الذيب, also spelled Jubbet adh-Dhib) is a small Palestinian village in the central West Bank, part of the Bethlehem Governorate. It is located about 6.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem and is just east of the Palestinian town of Jannatah and north of the Israeli settlement Kfar Eldad. Its lands border on the settlement of Havat Sdeh Bar. It had a population of 144 according to the 2017 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Jubbet ad-Dib has a total land area of 402 dunams, of which 8 constitute as built-up area, and is situated at an altitude of 628 meters above sea level.