Halhul
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Halhul حلحول |
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 Palestinian Territories
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| Area: | West Bank | ||
| Governorate : | Hebron | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 35 ' N , 35 ° 6' E | ||
| Area : | 22.2 km² | ||
| Residents : | 29,000 (2020) | ||
| Population density : | 1,306 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | UTC + 2 | ||
| Community type: | city | ||
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Halhul ( Arabic حلحول, DMG Ḥalḥūl ) is a city within the Hebron Governorate of the Palestinian Authority or the State of Palestine . It is located in the south of the West Bank , 5 kilometers north of Hebron. It is 916 m above sea level and is the highest inhabited place in Palestine. The age of the settlement is estimated to be around 5000 years. It is also mentioned in the Bible under its current name.
The graves of the biblical prophets Gad and Natan are in Halhul. The tombs that were previously on the list of holy places under Israeli rule are now under the control of the Palestinian Authority.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had 27,031 inhabitants as of mid-2017. By 2020 this number rose to 29,000 inhabitants.
history
According to the Bible, Halhul was a city in the tribal area of Judah , which was located in the hill country near Beth Zur . The biblical scholar Edward Robinson identified the modern city with the place Halhul mentioned in the book of Joshua . John Kitto noted that the modern name is identical to the one given in Hebrew in the Bible , so the name has remained unchanged for over 3,300 years.
Halhul was born along with Jerusalem and the Temple of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II during his invasion of the Kingdom of Judah in 587 BC. Chr. Destroyed. The city is mentioned again in chronicles of the battles between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Empire . It was fortified by Judas Maccabeus after his victory in the battle of Beth Zur nearby.
The city later fell under the rule of the Kingdom of Jerusalem , the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire . Since the Six Day War in 1967, Halhul has been under Israeli occupation along with the rest of the West Bank. Since September 1995, Halhul and its immediate region, now known as Area A, have been under the administration of the Palestinian Authority. During the Second Intifada, Israel confiscated land in Halhul.
Population development
| Census year | population |
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| 1922 | 1.927 |
| 1961 | 5,387 |
| 1997 | 15,682 |
| 2007 | 22,128 |
| 2017 | 27,031 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Halhul Town Profile. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Joshua 15:58 | Standard translation 2016 :: BibleServer. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Halhul (Al-Khalil, West Bank, Palestinian Territories) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .