Khursa

Khursa
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic كرزه
 • Also spelled Kharsa (official)
Khursa
Location of Khursa within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°26′25″N 34°59′57″E / 31.44028°N 34.99917°E / 31.44028; 34.99917Coordinates: 31°26′25″N 34°59′57″E / 31.44028°N 34.99917°E / 31.44028; 34.99917
Governorate Hebron
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2007)
 • Jurisdiction 3,440

Khursa (Arabic: كرزه‎) is a Palestinian village located seven kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,440 in 2007.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[2]

Etymology

According to Palmer, the name Khirbet Kurza means "the ruin of kurza", a pine cone.[3]

History

In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found here "walls, caves, a well, and a vault, probably a cistern. There were several cisterns and a sacred place to the west. Some of the ruins appear to be modern, some ancient."[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.119.
  2. ↑ West Bank Health care Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  3. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p 400
  4. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359

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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