Karma, Hebron Explained

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.

History

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]

Bibliography

. 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. February 2018 . Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) . . 64–82 . 2023-10-24.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 400
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359
  4. http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop11.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006
  5. Web site: West Bank Health care . 2016-05-24 . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060313002206/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement . 2006-03-13 . bot: unknown .