Hadab al-Fawwar
Hadab al-Fawwar | |
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| 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°E | |
| Palestine grid | 155/098 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,354 |
| Name meaning | The hummock[2] |
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 2,354 in 2017.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[3] It is adjacent to the Palestinian refugee camp of Fawwar.
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
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 393
- ^ 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. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Dauphin, C. (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. 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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