Hadab al-Fawwar (Arabic: حدب الفوّار, lit. Sparkling Slope) is a Palestinian village located seven kilometers southwest of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,354 in 2017.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[3] It is adjacent to the Palestinian refugee camp of Fawwar.

Hadab al-Fawwar
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicحدب الفوّار
Hadab al-Fawwar is located in State of Palestine
Hadab al-Fawwar
Hadab al-Fawwar
Location of Hadab al-Fawwar within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′36″N 35°03′20″E / 31.47667°N 35.05556°E / 31.47667; 35.05556
Palestine grid155/098
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,354
Name meaningThe hummock[2]

History

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Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[4]

Ottoman era

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In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here "Walls, a deep cistern, and a large tomb, sequently used as a stable."[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. 393
  3. ^ West Bank Health care
  4. ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 962
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 329

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