- Hebron Governorate
The Hebron Governorate ( _ar. محافظة الخليل) is an administrative district of the
Palestinian National Authority in the southernWest Bank . The governorate's land area is 1,060 square kilometers and its population according to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in mid-year2006 was 542,593. This makes the Hebron Governorate the largest of 16 governorates in both population and land area in thePalestinian territories . [http://www.pnic.gov.ps/english/geography/Residential_%20hebron.html Hebron Governorate] Palestinian National Information Center] The city ofHebron is the district capital or "muhfaza" (seat) of the governorate. The governor isHussein al-A'araj and its district commander isAbdel Fattah al-Ju’eidi . [ [http://www.aloufok.net/article.php3?id_article=150 Hébron] ]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.Cities
* Dura
*Halhul
*Hebron (capital)
* Yatta
*az-Zahiriyah Municipalities
The following localities have municipality status from the Ministry of Local Government of the
Palestinian National Authority .
*Bani Na'im
*Beit 'Awwa
*Beit Ula
*Beit Ummar
*Deir Sammit
*Idhna
*Kharas
* Nuba
*Sa'ir
*as-Samu
*Surif
*Tarqumiya
*Taffuh Village councils
The following have populations over 1,000 persons.
*Beit 'Amra
*Beit Einun
*Beit Kahil
*Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa
*al-Burj
*Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa
*ad-Duwwara
*Hadab al-Fawwar
*al-Heila
*Hureiz
*Imreish
*Jab'a
* Karma
*al-Karmil
*Khalet al-Maiyya
*Khursa
*al-Kum
*Khirbet Safa
*Khirbat al-Simia
*Kuseis
* al-Majd
*Qalqas
* Qila
*al-Ramadien
*ar-Rihiya
*ash-Shuyukh
*Shuyukh al-Arrub
*as-Sura
*at-Tabaqa
*al-Uddeisa
* ZifRefugee camps
See also
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Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority External links
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