al-Kum
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Al-Kum (Arabic: الكوم, romanized: al-Kūm, officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron. Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east.[6] It had a population of 1,464 in the 2017 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.[2]
Quick Facts Arabic transcription(s), • Arabic ...
al-Kum | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | الكوم |
• Latin | al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa (official) |
Location of al-Kum within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°31′53″N 34°57′38″E | |
Palestine grid | 147/105 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Hebron |
Founded | Early 19th-century |
Government | |
• Type | Village council (from 1996) |
• Head of Municipality | Musharraf Rajoub[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,000 dunams (7.0 km2 or 2.7 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 1,464 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Name meaning | Kh. el Kôm: the ruin of heaps[3] Kh. el Mûrak: the ruin the leafy place[4] Beit Makdûm: the house of Makdûm, personal name[5] |
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