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Karma, Hebron

Coordinates: 31°27′03″N 35°01′39″E / 31.45083°N 35.02750°E / 31.45083; 35.02750
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Karma
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicكرمة
Karma is located in State of Palestine
Karma
Karma
Location of Karma within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°27′03″N 35°01′39″E / 31.45083°N 35.02750°E / 31.45083; 35.02750
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,781
Name 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

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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

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  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)

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