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Khursa

Coordinates: 31°28′58″N 35°1′2″E / 31.48278°N 35.01722°E / 31.48278; 35.01722
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Khursa
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicكرزه
 • LatinKharsa (official)
Khursa is located in State of Palestine
Khursa
Khursa
Location of Khursa within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′58″N 35°1′2″E / 31.48278°N 35.01722°E / 31.48278; 35.01722
Palestine grid150/094
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total3,481

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 3,481 in 2017.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[2]

Etymology

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

History

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According to an oral tradition from Dura, Khursa was destroyed in an attack by the people of Dura. This event probably happened during the seventeenth century AD. According to this story, those who lived in Khursa then moved to Bayt Jibrin.[4]

In 1883, the PEF'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."[5]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ West Bank Health care Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p 400
  4. ^ Grossman, D. "The expansion of the settlement frontier of Hebron's western and southern fringes". Geography Research Forum, 5, 1982, p. 64.
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359

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