Hebron Governorate

The Hebron Governorate is an administrative district of in the southern . The governorate's land area is 1,060 square kilometres and its population according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in mid-year 2019 was 1,004,510.
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  • Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 707,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
  • Also known as: “Gobernacion de Hebron”, “Hebron”, “Kegabenoran Al-Khalil”, “Kegubernuran Al Khalil”, “Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḫalī”, “Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḫalīl”, “Nafat Ḥevron”, and “Провінція Хеврон”

Places of Interest

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

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The or Tomb of the Patriarchs…

Protected area
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The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of .

Monastery
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The Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hebron and Yatta.

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is an ancient city in the southern .

Town
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, also known as Yattah or Yutta, is a Palestinian… is situated 6 km south of Hebron Governorate.

Town
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Bani Na'im is a town in the southern located… is situated 6 km east of Hebron Governorate.

Hebron Governorate

Latitude
31.5° or 31° 30′ north
Longitude
35.1° or 35° 6′ east
Population
707,000
Elevation
886 metres (2,907 feet)
Open location code
8G3QG32X+2X
Geo­Names ID
7870658
Wiki­data ID
Q264180
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hebron Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الخليل”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الخليل”
  • Aragonese: “Gubernación d’Ebrón”
  • Aragonese: “Gubernación d’Hebrón”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación d’Hebrón”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Hebrón”
  • Basque: “Hebrongo Gobernazioa”
  • Belarusian: “Геброн”
  • Bengali: “হেবরন গভর্নোরেট”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Hebron”
  • Cebuano: “Al Khalil”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای خەلیل”
  • Chinese: “希伯伦省”
  • Chinese: “希布伦省”
  • Czech: “Hebron”
  • Danish: “Hebron Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Hebron”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الخليل”
  • Finnish: “Hebronn kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Hébron”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Hébron”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Hebrón”
  • German: “Gouvernement Hebron”
  • German: “Hebron Governorate”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Χεβρώνας”
  • Gujarati: “હેબ્રોન ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “חברון”
  • Hindi: “हेब्रोन प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Hebron kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Hebron”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Hebron”
  • Japanese: “ヘブロン”
  • Japanese: “ヘブロン県”
  • Kannada: “ಹೆಬ್ರೋನ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “헤브론주”
  • Latvian: “Hebronas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Hebrono muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Hebron”
  • Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Hebron”
  • Marathi: “हेब्रोन गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herbron Governorate”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hebron guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Hebron guvernement”
  • Persian: “استان الخلیل”
  • Polish: “Hebron”
  • Portuguese: “Governamento de Hebron”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Hebron”
  • Russian: “Хеврон”
  • Scots: “Hebron Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “හෙබ්‍රොන් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Hebronský guvernorát”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Hebron”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Hebrón”
  • Swedish: “Herbron Governorate”
  • Tamil: “எபிரோன் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “ஹெப்ரோன் கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Telugu: “హెబ్రన్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “ฮีบรอน”
  • Turkish: “El Halil valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Hebron Valiliği”
  • Ukrainian: “Хеврон (провінція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Хеврон”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ الخلیل”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Hebron”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Hebron”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع الخلیل”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Manoah and Qilqis.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Jabal as Sindās and Jabal Mannūḩ.

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