Sikka is a Palestinian village in the Dura district of the Hebron Governorate, in the south of the West Bank.
Population The 2017 census listed the village's population at approximately 914.
Geography Located west of the city of Dura, the village is approximately above sea level.
History Ottoman era In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found "ruined walls, caves, and cisterns" in Sikka.Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 367
Jordanian era After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the area fell under Jordanian rule. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 250 inhabitants in "Kh Sikka".Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 22
See also Dura, Hebron Hebron Governorate
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External links Welcome To Khirbat al-Sikkah at palestineremebered.com Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia Commons Sikka-Tawas Village (Fact Sheet) from the Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) Sikka/Tawas Village Profile, from the ARIJ Sikka areal photo, from the ARIJ