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Kiryat Arba

Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of , in the southern Israeli-occupied . Founded in 1968, in 2023 it had a population of 7,572.
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  • Type: Village with 7,500 residents
  • Description: Community and local council in near Hebron
  • Also known as: “Qiryat Arba‘”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.

Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the in the , 30 kilometres south of .

Protected area
Photo: Eman, Public domain.
The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of . The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city.

Park
Photo: Itai, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Uddeisa and Hebron.

Village
, also spelled Al 'Uddeisa, is a Palestinian village located four kilometers east of .The village is a locality of , in the Southern .

Photo: Extua, CC BY 3.0.
is an ancient city in the southern . It is the traditional burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives.

Village
is a Palestinian village located four kilometers east of .The village is in the Southern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,685 in mid-year 2006. is situated 4 km northeast of Kiryat Arba.

Kiryat Arba

Latitude
31.52776° or 31° 31′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.11917° or 35° 7′ 9″ east
Population
7,500
Elevation
956 metres (3,136 feet)
Open location code
8G3QG4H9+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768027338
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
282340
Wiki­data ID
Q247003
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Kiryat Arba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريات أربع”
  • Arabic: “كريات اربع”
  • Arabic: “مستوطنة كريات اربع”
  • Catalan: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Catalan: “Quiriat-Arbà”
  • Chinese: “基列亞巴”
  • Czech: “Kirjat Arba”
  • Czech: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Dutch: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Dutch: “Qiryat Arba”
  • Finnish: “Kirjat Arba”
  • French: “Kiryat Arba”
  • German: “Kirjat Arba”
  • German: “Kiryat Arba”
  • German: “Stadt der Vier”
  • Greek: “Κιριάτ Αρμπά”
  • Hebrew: “קריית ארבע-חברון”
  • Hebrew: “קריית ארבע”
  • Hebrew: “קרית ארבע”
  • Hebrew: “קרית-ארבע”
  • Hindi: “किर्यात अरबा”
  • Italian: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Japanese: “キリヤット・アルバ”
  • Japanese: “キリヤト・アルバ入植地”
  • Japanese: “キルヤット・アルバ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qiryat Arba”
  • Norwegian: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Polish: “Kirjat Arba”
  • Russian: “Кирьят Арба”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Арба”
  • Spanish: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Spanish: “Kiryat-Arba”
  • Spanish: “Qiryat Arba”
  • Spanish: “Qiryat-Arba”
  • Spanish: “Quiriat Arbá”
  • Ukrainian: “Кір’ят-Арба”
  • Urdu: “قریت اربع”
  • Urdu: “کریات اربع”
  • Venetian: “Kiryat Arba”
  • Yiddish: “קרית ארבע”

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