Um al Khair
Umm al-Khair is a Palestinian village located in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank. It was inhabited by five families, roughly 70 people, in 2008.Photo: Friends123, CC0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village council in Hebron Governorate
- Also known as: “Umm al-Khair, Hebron”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sela Cave and Ar-Rifa’iyya.
Ar-Rifa’iyya
Residential area
Ar-Rifa'iyya, is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, located east of the city of Yatta and south of the city of Hebron in the West Bank, and within the lands occupied after the 1967 war. Ar-Rifa’iyya is situated 3½ km northwest of Um al Khair.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carmel and Ad Deirat.
Carmel
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carmel is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the south-east Mount Hebron area of the West Bank. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council and associates ideologically with the Amana settlement movement.
Ad Deirat
Village
Ad-Deirat, is a village on the outskirts of Yatta in the Palestinian Hebron Governorate. It is part of the Khalet al-Maiyya village cluster, 11 km to the southeast of Hebron in the southern part of the West Bank. It was occupied in 1967. Ad Deirat is situated 2½ km northwest of Um al Khair.
Ma’on
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ma'on is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the West Bank. Located in the Judean Hills south of Hebron and north of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Ma’on is situated 3 km southwest of Um al Khair.
Um al Khair
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.43237° or 31° 25′ 57″ northLongitude
35.18558° or 35° 11′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8G3QC5JP+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 4507414425OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q20050768
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Um al Khair” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم الخير”
- Catalan: “Umm al-Khair”
- Dutch: “Umm al-Khair”
- Dutch: “Umm al-Kheir”
- French: “Umm al-Khair”
- Hebrew: “אום אל חיר”
- Hebrew: “אום אל-ח’יר”
- Hebrew: “אום אל-חיר”
- Persian: “امالخیر (الخلیل)”
- Persian: “امالخیر”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Umm al-Khair Comunity Center and Library of Umm Al Kheir.
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