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Aqraba ((アラビア語:عقربة)) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located eighteen kilometers southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Aqraba had a population of approximately 8,180 inhabitants in 2007.〔(2007 PCBS Census ). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.110.〕 Nearby hamlets surrounding Aqraba for natural extensions of the town; they are the ''khirbets'' of al-Arama, al-Kroom, Abu al-Reisa, al-Rujman, Firas al-Din and Tel al-Khashaba. The total population of these hamlets is estimated to be 500. The prominent families of Aqraba are Al Dayriyeh, Bani Jaber, Al-Mayadima, Bani Jame', and Bani Fadel.〔(Aqraba Village: General Information ) Land Research Center. 2008-10-20.〕 ==History and archeology == Aqraba Arabic translation is "scorpion".〔〔(Acraba, the last village adjacent to the desert ) Studium Biblicum Franciscanum - Jerusalem. 2000-12-19.〕 Cisterns dug into rock have been found here.〔Dauphin, 1998, p. 849.〕 Pottery sherds from Iron Age II, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Byzantine/Umayyad and Crusader/Ayyubid era have also been found.〔Finkelstein and Lederman, 1997, p. 818〕 The town has a mosque built of ancient stones with Greek inscriptions and contained a cross. According to local tradition and a number of British scholars believe the mosque was originally a Byzantine-era church. To the north of the village there is a fort called ''Qal'at al-Hosn'' consisting of a block of buildings put on the hill. The masonry is drafted with a rustic boss. A cistern exists within the enclosure which still holds water. A ''birkeh'' ("pool") stands in the middle of Aqraba, while on the hillside nearby are some ''kokhim'', tombs carved from the rock.〔〔Sharon, 1997, pp. ( 110 )-111〕〔Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, pp. (389 )-390〕 Pottery sherds from the Mamluk era〔 and a construction inscription in Arabic from 1414 have been found in the village.〔〔〔Ellenblum, 2003, p. (245 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aqraba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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