Wadi Fukin
Wadi Fukin | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | وادي فوكين |
| • Latin | Wadi Fukin (official) Wadi Foukin (unofficial) |
Wadi Fukin as seen from Beitar Illit | |
Location of Wadi Fukin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′24″N 35°06′14″E / 31.70667°N 35.10389°E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/123 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Sukkar |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,347 dunams (4.3 km2 or 1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,342 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Valley of thorns" or "Valley of Fukin" |
Wadi Fukin (Arabic: 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, with the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit on one side and the Israeli town of Tzur Hadasa on the other. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Wadi Fukin had a population of over 1,342 in 2017. The village relies on agriculture as its primary source of income. Israel served eviction orders on the village in September 2014.
Ahmad Sukkar is the head of the village council.