Al-Majd, Hebron

al-Majd
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic خربة المجد
al-Majd
Location of al-Majd within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′50″N 34°57′01″E / 31.48056°N 34.95028°E / 31.48056; 34.95028Coordinates: 31°28′50″N 34°57′01″E / 31.48056°N 34.95028°E / 31.48056; 34.95028
Palestine grid 145/098
Governorate Hebron
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2007)
 • Jurisdiction 1,925
Name meaning Glory[1]

al-Majd (Arabic: خربة المجد‎) is a Palestinian village located eighteen kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank.

History

In 1883 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here "Caves, cisterns, and pillar shafts; a ruined chapel seems to have stood there".[2]

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,925 in 2007.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 404
  2. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP |II, p. 375
  3. ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.119.

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.


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