Teqoa

E863924

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Teqoa canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.