al-Ramadin

Al-Ramadin (Arabic: الرماضين‎) is a Palestinian village located 24 kilometers southwest of Hebron and includes the smaller village of 'Arab al-Fureijat to the southeast.[2] The village is part the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the two villages had a combined population of 3,853 in 2007.[3] The principal families are al-Sho'ur, al-Zagharna, al-Fureijat, al-Daraghmeh, al-Raghmat, al-Mlihat and al-Masamra.[2]

al-Ramadin
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالرماضين
 • LatinArab al-Ramadin (official)
al-Ramadin
al-Ramadin
Location of al-Ramadin within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°22′33″N 34°54′19″E
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Founded1948
Government
 • TypeVillage council (from 1997)
 • Head of MunicipalityAbdulkarim al-Sho'ur[1]
Area
 • Total7,750 dunams (7.8 km2 or 3.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total3,281
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)

Al-Ramadin and 'Arab al-Fureijat were established by Bedouins who fled their traditional homeland in the vicinity of Beersheba in the Negev for the suburbs of ad-Dhahiriya. The name "al-Ramadin" derives from "Ramadan," the patriarch of the main Bedouin tribe that founded the modern village after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A nine-member village council was appointed by the Palestinian Authority to administer al-Ramadin and Arab al-Fureijat in 1997.[2]

There are three active mosques in al-Ramadin, as well as three historic Christian edifices, including the al-Fadi Monastery and al-Asela Church.[2] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[4]

References
  1. Ramadin Municipality. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC).
  2. Ar Ramadin Village Profile. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009.
  3. 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.121.
  4. West Bank Health care Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
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