Al-Khader

Al-Khader is a Palestinian town in the in the south-central . It is located 5 kilometers west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 11,960 in 2017.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 9,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Bethlehem Governorate
  • Also known as: “Al Khadir”, “Al Khaḑir”, “Al Khadr”, “Al Khiḑr”, “al-Khader”, “El Khader”, “El Khadr”, “Khaḍr”, and “الخضر‎”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Solomon’s Pools and Al-Khader Stadium.

Park
Photo: حمزة راشد, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Solomon's Pools are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central , immediately to the south of al-Khader, about 3.5 kilometres southwest of , near the road to .

Stadium
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is an international football stadium in al-Khader, . It was inaugurated on August 6, 2007 with a match between local team Shabab Al-Khadr, and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, an Israeli Arab team from .

School
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Talitha Kumi - German Evangelical Lutheran School, is a German international school in , , in the State of Palestine. The school, located in proximity to and 10 kilometres from , serves Kindergarten, and primary school through senior high school level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Dawha and Deheisheh Refugee Camp.

Town
is a Palestinian area located in , two kilometers southwest of . Originally a part of Beit Jala, in 1977 the mayor of Beit Jala made an official trip to where he was endowed with a sum of money to develop the town's infrastructure.

Suburb
Photo: أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of in the . Dheisheh was established in 1949 on 0.31 square kilometers of land leased from the Jordanian government.

Hamlet
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement in the , built in 2002 almost entirely on private Palestinian land, and legalized in 2023. Located on a hill above , it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.

Al-Khader

Latitude
31.69473° or 31° 41′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.16685° or 35° 10′ 1″ east
Population
9,000
Elevation
828 metres (2,717 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM5V8+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332951968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
285061
Wiki­data ID
Q1996562
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Satellite Map

Discover Al-Khader from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Al-Khader” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الخضر، بيت لحم”
  • Arabic: “الخضر”
  • Arabic: “قرية الخضر”
  • Asturian: “al-Khader”
  • Bulgarian: “Хадер”
  • Catalan: “Al-Khader”
  • Cebuano: “Al Khaḑir”
  • Czech: “al-Chadr”
  • Dutch: “Al-Khader”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخضر”
  • French: “Al-Khader”
  • Hebrew: “אל ח’אדר”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ח’דר”
  • Italian: “Al-Khader”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Khader i Betlehem”
  • Persian: “الخضر”
  • Polish: “Al-Chadr”
  • Spanish: “Al-Khadr”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Al-Khader Municipility and Al-Khader Mosque.

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