Halhul
Sign in to saveHalhul (, transliteration: Ḥalḥūl) is a Palestinian city located in the southern part of the West Bank, north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine. The town, bordered by Sa'ir and al-Shuyukh to the east, Beit Ummar and al-Arroub refugee camp to the north, and Kharas and Nuba westwards, is located 916 m above sea level, and is the highest inhabited place in the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 27,031 inhabitants in 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- حلحول
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 21,076
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Halhul
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type A (City)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Halhul1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Halhul, 2009
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Municipal Seal of Halhul
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Halhul within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 160/109
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorates of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hebron
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- City
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate era
- Jordanian era
- Post-1967
- Israeli occupation
- Geography
- Demographics
- Government
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Halhul (, transliteration: Ḥalḥūl) is a Palestinian city located in the southern part of the West Bank, north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine. The town, bordered by Sa'ir and al-Shuyukh to the east, Beit Ummar and al-Arroub refugee camp to the north, and Kharas and Nuba westwards, is located 916 m above sea level, and is the highest inhabited place in the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 27,031 inhabitants in 2017.
==History==
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