Hebron Governorate

West Bank governorates of Palestine

Jenin Qabatiya Ya'bad Yamun JENIN Tulkarm TULKARM TUBAS Tubas Nablus NABLUS QALQILYA Qalqilyah SALFIT Salfit RAMALLAH AND AL-BIREH Ramallah al-Bireh Beitunia Jericho JERICHO Jerusalem (al-Quds) JERUSALEM Bethlehem BETHLEHEM HEBRON Halhul Hebron Yatta Dura ad-Dhahiriya

The Hebron Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الخليل‎‎ Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḫalīl; Hebrew: נפת חברון‎ Nafat Ḥevron) is an administrative district of the Palestine in the southern West Bank.

The governorate's land area is 1,060 square kilometers and its population according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in mid-year 2010 was 600,364. This makes the Hebron Governorate the largest of 16 governorates in both population and land area in the Palestinian territories.^[1] The city of Hebron is the district capital or muhfaza (seat) of the governorate. The governor is Hussein al-Araj and its district commander is Abdel Fattah al-Ju’eidi.^[2]

Localities

The Hebron Governorate has a total of seven cities and eighteen towns. The governorate also contains more than 100 Bedouin villages and settlements that are not listed below.^[1]

Cities

• Dura
• Halhul
• Hebron (capital)
• Yatta
• ad-Dhahiriya

Municipalities

The following localities have municipality status from the Ministry of Local Government of the Palestinian National Authority.

Village councils

The following have populations over 1,000 persons.

Refugee camps

• al-Arroub
• al-Fawwar

See also

• Governorates of Palestine

References

External links

• Hebron Governorate Statistical Yearbook No. 3 (2011)

Hebron Governorate
Cities	Bani Na'im ad-Dhahiriya Dura Halhul Hebron (al-Khalil) (incl: Arab al-Fureijat • al-Baqa • Al Bowereh • Qalqas • Qla'a Zeta • Wadi al Hussein) Idhna Sa'ir (incl: ad-Duwwara • al-Uddeisa) as-Samu Tarqumiyah Yatta
Towns	Beit Awwa Beit Kahil Beit Ula (Qila) Beit Ummar (Jala) Deir Sammit Kharas Nuba ash-Shuyukh (Hamrush) Surif (Khirbet ad-Deir) Taffuh
Villages	Anab al-Kabir Arab al-Ka'abneh Beit 'Amra Beit Einun Beit Maqdum Beit ar-Rush al-Tahta al-Burj (Beit Mirsim • Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa) al-Buweib Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa Deir al-'Asal al-Tahta Deir Razih ad-Deirat Fuqeiqis Hadab al-Alaqa Hadab al-Fawwar al-Heila Hitta Hureiz Imneizil Imreish Jala Karma al-Karmil Khallet Edar Khallet al-Aqed Khalet al-Maiyya (at-Tabaqa • Umm Lasafa • Wadi Ubeid) Khallet al-Masafer Khashem al-Daraj Khallet Salih Kheroshewesh Wal Hadedeyah Khirbet Safa Khirbet Salama Khirbat al-Simia Khirbet Zanuta Khursa al-Kum Kurza Kuseis Ma'in al-Majd Marah al-Baqqar Masafer Yatta an-Najada Rabud al-Ramadin ar-Rihiya Sahel Wadi Elma Sikka Shuyukh al-Arrub as-Sura Tarrama at-Tuwani Umm Ashoqan Umm al-Butm Umm al-Khair Wadi al-Amayer Wadi al-Kilab Wadi ash-Shajina Zif
Refugee camps	al-Arroub Fawwar

Governorates of the Palestinian Authority
West Bank	Jerusalem (al-Quds) Bethlehem Hebron Jenin Jericho Nablus Qalqilya Ramallah and al-Bireh Salfit Tubas Tulkarm
Gaza Strip	Deir al-Balah Gaza Khan Yunis North Gaza Rafah

Coordinates: 31°30′N 35°06′E / 31.5°N 35.1°E / 31.5; 35.1