Al Dahiriya
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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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- Locality
- الظاهرية
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 27,616
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ad-Dhahiriya
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- al-Dhahiriya (official)az-Zahiriya (unofficial)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type A (City)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine#West Bank
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of ad-Dhahiriya within Palestine##Location of ad-Dhahiriya within the West Bank
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 147/090
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hebron
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- City
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Hebron Governorate
- Population
- 41541
- Area
- 133
- Elevation
- 655
- Image
- Al-Duhayriyya.jpg
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- History
- ِِArchaeology
- Ottoman period
- British Mandatory period
- Jordanian period
- 1967, aftermath
- Geography
- Economy
- Culture
- Annab Church
- Tomb of Ahmad al-Ghumari
- Sports
- Amusement park
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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.
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