Jibiya, Ramallah
Jibiya is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Location Jibiya is located north of Ramallah. It is bordered by Burham to the east, Umm Safa the east, north and west, and Kobar to the west and south. History Pottery sherds from the Hellenistic, Byzantine, and Umayyad/Abbasid eras have been found here. It has been suggested that this was Geba in the Onomasticon, and the Crusader place called Gebea, but both these identifications have now been discarded. Pottery sherds from the Mamluk era have also been found here. Ottoman era Pottery sherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here. In the spring of 1697, Henry Maundrell noted two "Arab villages," first "Geeb" and then "Selwid," both on the west side of the road on the way south from Nablus to Jerusalem. Edward Robinson identified these two villages as Jibiya and Silwad. In 1838 Jibia was noted as a Muslim village in the Beni Zaid district, north of Jerusalem. In 1863 Victor Guérin noted it as a small village, with a shrine, dedicated to a Sheikh Baiezed. An official Ottoman village list from about 1870, listed Dschibija as having 12 houses and a population of 39, though