The Hebron Governorate ( ar, محافظة الخليل, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḫalīl) is an administrative district of

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in the southern

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. The governorate's land area is and its population according to the

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures ...

in mid-year 2019 was 1,004,510. This makes the Hebron Governorate the largest of 16 governorates in both population and land area in the

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.''Hebron Governorate Statistical Yearbook No. 2''
page 59,60. PCBS, November 2010 The city of

Hebron Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East J ...

is the district capital or ''muhfaza'' (seat) of the governorate. The governor is Hussein al-Araj and its district commander is Abdel Fattah al-Ju’eidi. During the first six months of the

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42 people in Hebron Governorate were killed by the

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Localities

The Hebron Governorate has a total of seven cities and eighteen towns. The governorate also contains more than 100

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villages and settlements that are not listed below.

Cities

* Dura *

Halhul Halhul ( ar, حلحول, transliteration: ''Ḥalḥūl'') is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. The town, bordered by Sa'ir and Ash-Shuyukh to the east, ...

(capital) * Yatta * ad-Dhahiriya * al-samou

Municipalities

The following localities have

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status from the Ministry of Local Government of the

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. *

Bani Na'im Bani Na'im ( ar, بني نعيم, Banī Naʾīm) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian town in the southern West Bank located east of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. It is situated at a higher elevation than most local ...

* Beit 'Awwa * Beit Ula *

Beit Ummar Beit Ummar ( ar, بيت اُمّر) is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2016, the town had a populat ...

* Deir Sammit *

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Kharas Kharas ( ar, خاراس) is a Palestinian town in the southern State of Palestine, located twelve kilometers northwest of Hebron, part of the Hebron Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a populatio ...

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Sa'ir Sa'ir ( ar, سعير, also spelled Saeer, Seir, or Si'ir) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank, located northeast of Hebron. Nearby localities include Beit Fajjar and al-Arroub t ...

as-Samu As Samu' or es-Samu' ( ar, السموع) () is a town in the Hebron Governorate of the West Bank, Palestine, 12 kilometers south of the city of Hebron and 60 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem. Geography The area is a hilly, rocky area cut by ...

* Surif * Tarqumiya *

Taffuh Taffuh ( ar, تفّوح) (lit. fragrance) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a popu ...

Village councils

The following have populations over 1,000 persons. * Sikka, Palestine * Al Baqa * Beit 'Amra *

Beit Einun Beit Einun or Bayt 'Anun ( ar, بيت عينون) is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, located five kilometers northeast of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had ...

* Beit Kahil * Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa * al-Burj * Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa * ad-Duwwara * Hadab al-Fawwar * al-Heila * Hureiz * Imreish *

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* al-Karmil * Khalet al-Maiyya * Khursa * Ruq'a *

al-Kum Al-Kum ( ar, الكوم, al-Kūm, officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron. Its munic ...

Khirbet Safa Khirbet Safa ( ar, خربة صافا) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers north-west of Hebron.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a ...

* Khirbat al-Simia * Kuseis * al-Majd * Qalqas *

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* al-Ramadien * ar-Rihiya * ash-Shuyukh * Shuyukh al-Arrub * as-Sura *

at-Tabaqa at-Tabaqa ( ar, خربة الطبقه) is a Palestinian village located seven kilometers west of Hebron. The town is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a popul ...

* al-Uddeisa *

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Refugee camps

al-Arroub Al-Arroub ( ar, مخيّم العروب, , Camp al-'Arrub) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the southern West Bank along the Hebron-Jerusalem road, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. Al-Arroub is 15 kilometers south o ...

* al-Fawwar

References

External links

''Hebron Governorate Statistical Yearbook No. 3 (2011)''
{{Authority control Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank