Karma, Hebron

Karma
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic كرمة
Karma
Location of Karma within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°27′08″N 35°01′31″E / 31.45222°N 35.02528°E / 31.45222; 35.02528Coordinates: 31°27′08″N 35°01′31″E / 31.45222°N 35.02528°E / 31.45222; 35.02528
Governorate Hebron
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2007)
 • Jurisdiction 1,386
Name meaning The ruin of the vineyard[1]

Karma (Arabic: كرمة‎) is a Palestinian village located nineteen 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 "traces of ruins".[2]

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,386 in 2007.[3] The primary health care facilities for the village are at Qila designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 400
  2. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359
  3. ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. ↑ West Bank Health care at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-03-13)

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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