Al-Khader
Al-Khader is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank. It is located 5 kilometers west of Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 11,960 in 2017.- Type: Town with 9,000 residents
- Description: municipality in Bethlehem Governorate
- Also known as: “Al Khadir”, “Al Khadr”, “Al Khiḑr”, “al-Khader”, “El Khader”, “El Khadr”, “Khaḍr”, “אל ח’אדר”, “الخضر”, and “قرية الخضر”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Solomon’s Pools and Al-Khader Stadium.
Al-Khader Stadium
Stadium
Al-Khader Stadium is an international football stadium in al-Khader, Palestine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Dawha and Deheisheh Refugee Camp.
Al-Dawha
Town
Al-Dawha is a Palestinian area located in Beit Jala, two kilometers southwest of Bethlehem.
Deheisheh Refugee Camp
Suburb
Dheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of Bethlehem in the West Bank.
Al-Khader
- Category: locality
- Location: Bethlehem Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Al-Khader” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الخضر، بيت لحم”
- Arabic: “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’דר”
- Italian: “Al-Khader”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Khader i Betlehem”
- Persian: “الخضر”
- Polish: “Al-Chadr”
- Spanish: “Al-Khadr”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dagan and Tamar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Al-Khader Municipility and Al-Khader Mosque.
West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
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