Karma | |
Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Info: | كرمة |
Type: | Municipality type D (Village council) |
Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Karma within Palestine |
Coordinates: | 31.4508°N 35.0275°W |
Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Hebron |
Established Title: | Founded |
Unit Pref: | dunam |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1781 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Name meaning |
Blank Info Sec1: | The ruin of the vineyard[2] |
Karma (Arabic: كرمة) is a Palestinian village located nineteen kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. The village had a population of 1,781 in 2017.
In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here "traces of ruins".[3]
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,386 in 2007.[4] The primary health care facilities for the village are at Qila designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1.[5]
. Edward Henry Palmer. 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.