Al-Ramadin

al-Ramadin
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	الرماضين
• Latin	Arab al-Ramadin (official)
al-Ramadin
al-Ramadin Location of al-Ramadin within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°22′43″N 34°54′55″E
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Hebron
Founded	1948
Government
• Type	Village council (from 1997)
• Head of Municipality	Abdulkarim al-Sho'ur[1]
Area
• Total	7,750 dunams (7.8 km^2 or 3.0 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	4,150
• Density	530/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)

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.^[3] 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 4,150 in 2017.^[2] The principal families are al-Sho'ur, al-Zagharna, al-Fureijat, al-Daraghmeh, al-Raghmat, al-Mlihat and al-Masamra.^[3]

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.^[3]

There are three active mosques in al-Ramadin, as well as three historic Christian edifices, including the al-Fadi Monastery and al-Asela Church.^[3] 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. 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.
3. Ar Ramadin Village Profile. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009.
4. West Bank Health care Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress Web Archives

External links

• Barrier route July 2008
• Ar Ramadin village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
• Ar Ramadin Village Profile, ARIJ
• Ar Ramadin village aerial photo, ARIJ
• The priorities and needs for development in Ar Ramadin village based on the community and local authorities’ assessment, ARIJ