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Tarqumiyah

Tarqumiyah () is a city located 12 kilometers northwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate in the State of Palestine. The city had a population of 19,311 in 2017.

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Place details

Locality: ترقوميا‎
Region: West Bank
Country: الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population: 14,202
Timezone: Asia/Hebron

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Tarqumiyah
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: ترقوميا
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Tarqumiyah within Israel
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 151/109
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hebron
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.government_type

Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Country: Palestine
Located in: Hebron Governorate
Population: +2651
Elevation: +500

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History
Mamluk period
Ottoman era
British Mandate era
Jordanian era
Post-1967
Footnotes
Bibliography
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Tarqumiyah () is a city located 12 kilometers northwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate in the State of Palestine. The city had a population of 19,311 in 2017.

==History== Tarqumiyah is an ancient town situated on a rocky hill. Cisterns have been found here. According to the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP), this place is the early Christian Tricomias, an episcopal see.