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Wadi Fukin ((アラビア語:وادي فوقين)) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, eight kilometers southwest of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate. The village, is located on 700 acres of land,〔 between the Green Line and the Israeli West Bank barrier,〔(Settlement expansion and loss of Wadi Fukin’s land ) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2005-05-23〕 According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Wadi Fukin had a population of over 1,168 in 2007.〔(2007 PCBS Census ) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.117.〕 with the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit on one side, and the Israeli town of Tzur Hadasa on the other.〔David Tepper, ('The fight to save a village continues in Wadi Fukin,' )Mondoweiss 19 November 2014.〕 The village relies on agriculture as its primary source of income.〔(“Declared as State Land” New Israeli Military Orders Targeting Palestinian Lands in Al Jaba’a & Wadi Fukin villages Southwest Bethlehem city ) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2008-02-03〕 Israel served eviction orders on the village in September 2014.〔Vinciane Jacquet, ('In Pictures: Seized land in Palestine:Residents of the Wadi Fukin village received eviction notices as Israel plans on further seizing 400 hectares of land. ) Al-Jazeera 28 Sptmbr 2014.〕 Ahmad Sukkar is the head of the village council.〔(Israel seizes most West Bank land in 30 years ), Dalia Hatuqa, 1 Sep 2014, Al-Jazeera〕 ==History== Ancient remains have been found in the area, including remains of a chapel, cisterns, burial caves in rock, columbarium, and Byzantine ceramics.〔Dauphin, 1998, p. 915〕 At Kh. Ain Al-Kanisah, just east of Wadi Fukin, there are the remains of a church. The church had two construction phases; the first in the 5th-7th century C.E., the second construction phase was probably between the 8th and the 11th century.〔Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. (38 )-39; Cited in Pringle, 1991, p. (27 )-28〕 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「Wadi Fukin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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