| Tarrama | |
| Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | طرّامة |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Latin |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | Khirbet al-Tarramah (official) |
| Type: | Local Development Committee |
| Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tarrama within Palestine |
| Coordinates: | 31.4808°N 35.0325°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 153/098 |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hebron |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.2 |
| Area Total Dunam: | 210 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 642 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Tarrama (Arabic: طرّامة, also known as Khirbet al-Tarramah) is a Palestinian village situated on a hilltop with an elevation of 879m (2,884feet) in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate. Located just south of Dura, nearby localities include at-Tabaqa to the north, Fawwar to the east, Khursa to the west, and Deir Razih to the south. The village had a population of 642 in 2017.
Its total land area is 210 dunams and the village is provided with electricity and telephone lines.
Khirbet Tarrama has been suggested as a possible site of the "Jezreel" mentioned as a town in the territory of Judah in the Bible.[2]
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[3]
In 1863, Victor Guérin visited.[4] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted of Khurbet Terrama: "This ruin, not on the map, was found by Guerin about half an hour north of Khurbet Deir Razi. It was on the top of a terraced hill, and contains the remains of an old fort, with caves cut in the rock, one of which is pierced with columbaria."[5]
At the time of the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population of Kh. Tarama was counted under Dura.[6]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Tarrama came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, there were 161 residents here.[7]
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Tarrama has been under Israeli occupation.
During the 1970s, the Israeli Military unsuccessfully attempted to establish a military air field on Tarrama's lands to serve the al-Majnouna camp.[8]
Most of its inhabitants belong to the Awlad Muhammad extended family,[8] but over 10% were Palestinian refugees in 1997.[9]
The population increased to 404 by 1997.[10]
In 2007, Tarrama had a population of 630, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census.[11]
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 1: Judee, pt. 3. 1869. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.
