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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.

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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
City
Settlement.unit_pref
dunam
Settlement.population_total
19311
Settlement.population_as_of
2017
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.blank_name_sec1
Name meaning

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Mamluk period
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • Jordanian era
  • Post-1967
  • Footnotes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarqumiyah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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