| al-Ramadin | |
| Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | الرماضين |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Latin |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | Arab al-Ramadin (official) |
| Type: | Municipality type D (Village council) |
| Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of al-Ramadin within Palestine |
| Coordinates: | 31.3786°N 34.9153°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hebron |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1948 |
| Government Type: | Village council (from 1997) |
| Leader Title: | Head of Municipality |
| Leader Name: | Abdulkarim al-Sho'ur[1] |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.8 |
| Area Total Dunam: | 7750 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 4150 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Al-Ramadin (ar|الرماضين) is a Palestinian village located 24 kilometers southwest of Hebron and includes the smaller village of 'Arab al-Fureijat to the southeast.[3] The village is part the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the two villages had a combined population of 4,150 in 2017. The principal families are al-Sho'ur, al-Zagharna, al-Fureijat, al-Daraghmeh, al-Raghmat, al-Mlihat and al-Masamra.[3]
Al-Ramadin and 'Arab al-Fureijat were established by Bedouins who fled their traditional homeland in the vicinity of Beersheba in the Negev for the suburbs of ad-Dhahiriya. The name "al-Ramadin" derives from "Ramadan," the patriarch of the main Bedouin tribe that founded the modern village after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A nine-member village council was appointed by the Palestinian Authority to administer al-Ramadin and Arab al-Fureijat in 1997.[3]
There are three active mosques in al-Ramadin, as well as three historic Christian edifices, including the al-Fadi Monastery and al-Asela Church.[3] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[4]
