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al 'Ubeidiya
Arabic	لعبيديّه
Governorate	Bethlehem
Government	Municipality
Also spelled	al-Obaidya (officially)
Coordinates	31°43′23.80″N 35°17′26.06″E / 31.723278°N 35.2905722°E / 31.723278; 35.2905722Coordinates: 31°43′23.80″N 35°17′26.06″E / 31.723278°N 35.2905722°E / 31.723278; 35.2905722
Population	10,753 (2007)

al-Ubeidiya (Arabic: لعبيديّه‎) is a Palestinian town located six kilometers east of Bethlehem.The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 10,753 in 2007.^[1] Al-Ubeidiya is named after St. Theodosius (Ibn Ubeid in Arabic), who built a monastery one kilometer west of the town.

Footnotes

^ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.118.

Bethlehem Governorate

Cities	Beit Jala · Beit Sahour · Bethlehem (Beit Lahm)

Municipalities	Battir · Beit Fajjar · al-Dawha · Husan · al-Khader · Nahalin · Tuqu' · al-Ubeidiya · Za'atara

Villages	'Arab al-Rashayida · Artas · al-Asakra · Beit Ta'mir · Dar Salah · Hindaza · al-'Iqab · Jab'a · Juhdum · Jurat ash Sham'a · Khirbet al-Deir · Marah Rabah · Rakhme · Umm Salamuna · ash Shawawra · Wadi al-Arayis · Wadi Fukin · al-Walaja

Refugee camps	Aida · 'Azza · Dheisheh