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Hebron is capital of the West Bank's largest governorate, known as Hebron Governorate. With a population of 201,063 in the city limits, the adjacent metropolitan area within the governorate is home to over 700,000 people. Hebron spans across an area of 74.102 square kilometres (28.611 sq mi).
The Hebron Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الخليل, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḫalīl) is an administrative district of Palestine in the southern West Bank.. The governorate's land area is 1,060 square kilometres (410 sq mi) and its population according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in mid-year 2019 was 1,004,510.
The Old City of Hebron (Arabic: البلدة القديمة الخليل Hebrew: עיר העתיקה של חברון) is the historic city centre of Hebron in the West Bank, Palestine. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida , which is approximately 200 meters (660 ft) west of ...
The Governorates of Palestine (Arabic: محافظات فلسطين; muhafazat filastin) or (Hebrew: מחוזות פלסטין; mechozot plastin) are the administrative divisions of the State of Palestine.
1965 - Palestine Red Crescent Society branch established. 1966 - Hebron the lamb is found in Tel Rumeida. 1967 - June: Israeli occupation begins; Israeli Military Governorate established.
Pages in category "Hebron Governorate" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Horvat Maon/Horvat Ma'on, [1] [2] Arabic: Khirbet Ma'in [3] [4] or Tell Máîn (SWP map No. 25), is an archaeological site in the Hebron Hills, West Bank, rising 863 metres (2,831 ft) above sea level, where the remains of the ancient town of Ma'on (Hebrew: מעון) have been excavated.
Tel Rumeida is the site of the ancient city of Hebron. [16] Denys Pringle suggests that the site excavated 200–300 m (660–980 ft) east of the hilltop mosque represents the old Kiryat Arba described by the Dominican pilgrim Burchard of Mount Sion in 1293 as "vetus civitas quondam Cariatharbe dicta". [17]