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Hebron Governorate
The Hebron Governorate () is an administrative district of Palestine in the southern West Bank. The governorate's land area is and its population according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in mid-year 2019 was 1,004,510. This makes the Hebron Governorate the largest of 16 governorates in both population and land area in the Palestinian territories.''Hebron Governorate Statistical Yearbook No. 2'' . pp. 59, 60. PCBS, November 2010. The city of is the district capital or ''muhfaza'' (seat) of the governorate. The governor is Hussein al-Araj and its district co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Palestine
Palestine is a unitary state, but is divided into sixteen governorates for administrative purposes. After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the West Bank and Gaza Strip were placed under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority, which divided the territories into governorates. The governorates are subdivided in turn into Municipality (Palestinian Authority), municipalities. List Notes See also * ISO 3166-2:PS * List of regions of Palestine by Human Development Index References {{DEFAULTSORT:Governorates of Palestine Governorates of Palestine, Subdivisions of Palestine Lists of administrative divisions, Palestine, Governorates Administrative divisions in Asia, Palestine 1 First-level administrative divisions by country, Governorates, Palestine Palestine geography-related lists Governorates, Palestine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad-Dhahiriya
Ad-Dhahiriya (also az-Zahiriya) () is a city in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine, 22 km southwest of the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, ad-Dhahiriya had a population of 35,924 in 2017. History Biblical connection, local traditions, archaeology According to Claude Reignier Conder, Conder and Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Kitchener, Ad-Dhahiriya was initially probably the site of the ancient biblical town of Debir.Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p402/ref> However, now Debir is thought to be more likely identified with Rabud. They found the village undermined by caves. In the centre of ad-Dhahiriya was a tower, which appeared to be from before the Crusader states, Crusader era, possibly from early Christian or Roman period. Local tradition, supported by archaeology, have that modern day ad-Dhahiriya was founded by the Mamluk Sultanate, Mamluk sultan Baybars (), whose regnal title was 'al-Zahir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surif
Surif () is a Palestinian City in the Hebron Governorate located 25 km northwest of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, Surif had a population of 17,287 in 2017. The population is entirely Muslim. Most of the town's 15,000 dunams is used for agriculture, in particular, olives, wheat and barley. There are seven mosques and four schools located in its vicinity. Ahmad Lafi is the mayor. History Ottoman period Oral tradition suggests that Surif was founded after the 16th century. In 1838 Surif was noted as a Muslim village, located between Hebron and Gaza, but subjected to the government of Hebron. In 1863 Victor Guérin found Surif to be a village with 700 inhabitants. He further noted that beside a ''birket'' in the rock, a few cisterns and an ancient column shaft which was placed near a small mosque, all of Surif's constructions seemed more or less modern. An official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed 87 houses and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As-Samu
As Samu' or es-Samu' () () is a town in the Hebron Governorate of the West Bank, Palestine, 12 kilometers south of the city of Hebron and 60 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem. The town had a population of 26,011 in 2017. As-Samu' is located on a tell identified with the ancient Jewish town of Eshtemoa, from which it derives its name. The town is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Onomasticon, and the Jerusalem Talmud. Archaeological discoveries include a silver hoard with Hebrew inscriptions, a Jewish burial cave, and the 4th-century Eshtemoa synagogue, later converted into a mosque. Initially a small village in the early Ottoman era, as-Samu' gradually grew into a larger settlement over the years. In 1966, it was the site of the Samu incident. Since the 1990s, as-Samu' has been governed by the Palestinian Authority as part of Area A of the West Bank. It is known for its handwoven kilims. Geography The area is a hilly, rocky area cut by some wadis. The Armistice Demar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa'ir
Sa'ir (, also spelled Saeer, Seir, or Si'ir) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank, located northeast of Hebron. Nearby localities include Beit Fajjar and al-Arroub to the north, Beit Ummar to the northwest, Halhul to the west and Beit Einun and ash-Shuyukh to the south. The Dead Sea is just east of Sa'ir's municipal borders. In the 1945 statistics the population of Si'ir was 2,710, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p23/ref> who owned 92,423 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. 2,483 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 10,671 for cereals, while 76 dunams were built-up (urban) land. Jordanian period In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Sa'ir came under Jordanian rule. In 1961, the population of ''Si'ir'' was 2,511. 1967 war and aftermath Sa'ir has been under Israeli occupation sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuba, Hebron
Nuba () is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers north-west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 5,631 in 2017. History The village is mentioned in a late 14th-century document of the Mamluk Sultanate, which ruled Palestine from Cairo, where three villagers are named as " [] in the village of Nūbā".Singer, 1994, p36/ref> Ottoman era Nuba, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1516, and in a tax register from 1596, the village was listed as part of the (sbdistrict) of Hebron in the of Jerusalem. It had a population of 82 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, vineyards and fruit trees, occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives; a total of 10,000 akçe. In 1838, the biblical scholar Edward Robinson noted Nuba as a Muslim village between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharas
Kharas () is a Palestinian town in the southern State of Palestine, located twelve kilometers northwest of Hebron, part of the Hebron Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 9,139 inhabitants in 2017. It is situated at the northern mouth of the Wadi ’Arab near the ruins of 'Elah. Nearby towns include Nuba and Beit Ula to the south, Surif to the north and Halhul to the east. It has a total land area of 6,781 dunams. History Kharas does not appear in records from the 16th century.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 368 Oral tradition suggests that Kharas was founded after the 16th century. Fellahin from Halhul established the settlement in the late 18th or early 19th century. A family from Sa'ir also relocated there due to conflicts in their hometown. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idhna
An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in non-Latin script or alphabet or in the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacritics or ligatures. These writing systems are encoded by computers in multibyte Unicode. Internationalized domain names are stored in the Domain Name System (DNS) as ASCII strings using Punycode transcription. The DNS, which performs a lookup service to translate mostly user-friendly names into network addresses for locating Internet resources, is restricted in practice to the use of ASCII characters, a practical limitation that initially set the standard for acceptable domain names. The internationalization of domain names is a technical solution to translate names written in language-native scripts into an ASCII text representation that is compatible with the DNS. Internationalized domain names can only be used with applications that are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deir Sammit
Deir Sammit () is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron. The town is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 8,114 in 2017. Geography From the east is Dura, Hebron, from the west is As Simiya, from the south is Beit Awwa, and from the north is Al-Muwarraq. History An amulet composed of a very thin copper sheet with a Christian Palestinian Aramaic inscription was discovered at Deir Sammit. Ottoman period In the early tax registers from the 1500s in the Ottoman Empire, Deir Sammit was noted as being cultivated by the villagers of Suba. In 1838, it was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted," part of the area between Hebron and Gaza, but under the jurisdiction of Hebron.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.117/ref> In 1863, Victor Guérin called the place ''Khirbet Deir Samit.'' In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Palestine noted "traces of ruins, cav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Ummar
Beit Ummar () is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2017, the town had a population of 16,977 inhabitants. Over 4,800 residents of the town are under the age of 18. Since the Second Intifada, unemployment ranges between 60 and 80 percent due mostly to the inability of residents to work in Israel and a depression in the Palestinian economy. A part of the city straddles Road 60 and due to this, several propositions of house demolition have occurred.Sample Area Background: Beit Ummar (2000) Campaign for Secure Dwellings, Christian Peacemaker Teams Beit Ummar is mostly agricultural and is noted for its many grape vines. This has a major aspect on their culinary tradition of stuffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Ula
Beit Ula, Beit Aula, () is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located ten kilometers northwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank. Location Beit Ula is located (horizontally) on the highlands north-west of Hebron. It is bordered by Nuba to the north, Umm 'Allas to the west, and Tarqumiyah to the south. The valley of el-Yehudi ("valley of the Jews"), also known in Hebrew as the Nahal haEla ("Ela stream"), lies to the east. History Biblical and Talmudic connection The PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) suggested several possible Biblical and Talmudic connections.''Beit Aula'' may be derived from "Bethul" or "Bethuel" or "Bethel" (not the well-known Bethel of Benjamin) mentioned in several biblical passages. Particularly, Beit Ula could be Bethel of Judah, referenced in Lamentations Rabbah as one of the three stations set up by Hadrian to catch fugitives from Bethar. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp302303 Ottoman peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit 'Awwa
Beit Awwa () is a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 22 kilometers west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Awwa had a population of 10,436 inhabitants in 2017. Beit Awwa saw ruins and artificial caves noted by various visitors throughout the 19th century. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it came under Jordanian rule, then Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War in 1967. Today, it is home to prominent clans, the Masalmea and Al Swaty. Geography From the east is Fuqeiqis, from the west is the Green Line (Israel), from the south is Sikka, Hebron, and from the north is As Simiya. History In 1838, during the Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted ''Beit 'Auwa'' as a place "in ruins or deserted," part of the area between the mountains and Gaza, but subject to the government of el-Khulil.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
