Al Dahiriya
Ad-Dhahiriya (also az-Zahiriya) () is a city in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine, 22 km southwest of the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, ad-Dhahiriya had a population of 35,924 in 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- الظاهرية
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 27,616
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- ِِArchaeology
- Ottoman period
- British Mandatory period
- Jordanian period
- 1967, aftermath
- Geography
- Economy
- Culture
- Annab Church
- Tomb of Ahmad al-Ghumari
- Sports
- Amusement park
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Ad-Dhahiriya (also az-Zahiriya) () is a city in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine, 22 km southwest of the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, ad-Dhahiriya had a population of 35,924 in 2017.
==History== ===ِِArchaeology=== Conder and Kitchener, during the Survey of Western Palestine in the 1870s, found ad-Dhahiriya undermined by ancient caves. In the centre of ad-Dhahiriya was a tower, which appeared to be from before the Crusader era, possibly from early Christian or Roman period.