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ar-Rihiya
Sign in to saveAr-Rihiya () is a Palestinian town located six kilometers southwest of Hebron. The town is in the Hebron Governorate southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 5,754 in 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- الهجرة
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 3,369
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Hebron Governorate
- Elevation
- 779
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- native label
- ريحيا
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- Jordanian rule
- Post-1967
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- External links
Ar-Rihiya () is a Palestinian town located six kilometers southwest of Hebron. The town is in the Hebron Governorate southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 5,754 in 2017.
==History== Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.
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