Khursa
Khursa | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | كرزه |
| • Latin | Kharsa (official) |
  Khursa Location of Khursa within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°26′25″N 34°59′57″E / 31.44028°N 34.99917°E | |
| Palestine grid | 150/094 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 3,440 |
Khursa (Arabic: كرزه) is a Palestinian village located seven kilometers south-west 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 3,440 in 2007.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[2]
Etymology
According to Palmer, the name Khirbet Kurza means "the ruin of kurza", a pine cone.[3]
History
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found here "walls, caves, a well, and a vault, probably a cistern. There were several cisterns and a sacred place to the west. Some of the ruins appear to be modern, some ancient."[4]
Footnotes
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.119.
- ^ West Bank Health care Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p 400
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- 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
- Kurza Village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- Kurza Village profile, ARIJ
- Kurza Village aerial photo, ARIJ
- The priorities and needs for development in Kurza village based on the community and local authorities’ assessment, ARIJ
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