Karma, Hebron

Village in West Bank, Palestine
Municipality type D in Hebron, State of Palestine
31°27′03″N 35°01′39″E / 31.45083°N 35.02750°E / 31.45083; 35.02750StateState of PalestineGovernorateHebronGovernment
 • TypeVillage councilPopulation
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,781Name meaningThe 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.[1]

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]

Footnotes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 400
  3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359
  4. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  5. ^ "West Bank Health care" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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.
  • 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
  • Karma Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, (ARIJ)
  • Karma Village profile, ARIJ
  • Karma Village aerial photo, ARIJ
  • The priorities and needs for development in Karma village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, ARIJ
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