Hadab al-Fawwar
Hadab al-Fawwar | |
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Municipality type D (Village council) | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | حدب الفوّار |
  Hadab al-Fawwar Location of Hadab al-Fawwar within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°28′36″N 35°03′20″E / 31.47667°N 35.05556°ECoordinates: 31°28′36″N 35°03′20″E / 31.47667°N 35.05556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 155/098 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 1,918 |
| Name meaning | The hummock[1] |
Hadab al-Fawwar (Arabic: حدب الفوّار, lit. Sparkling Slope) is a Palestinian village located seven kilometers southwest of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,918 in 2007.[2] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[3]
History[]
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[4]
Ottoman era[]
In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here "Walls, a deep cistern, and a large tomb, sequently used as a stable."[5]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 393
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.119.
- ^ West Bank Health care
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 962
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 329
Bibliography[]
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
External links[]
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Hadab Al Fawwar Village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Hadab Al Fawwar Village profile, ARIJ
- Hadab Al Fawwar Village aerial photo, ARIJ
- The priorities and needs for development in Hadab al Fawwar village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, ARIJ
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