al-Ramadin
| al-Ramadin | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الرماضين |
| • Also spelled | Arab al-Ramadin (official) |
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| Governorate | Hebron |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Abdulkarim al-Sho'ur[1] |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 7,750 dunams (7.8 km2 or 3.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,281 |
Al-Ramadin (Arabic: الرماضين) is a Palestinian village located 24 kilometers southwest of Hebron and includes the smaller village of 'Arab al-Fureijat to the southeast.[2] The village is part the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the two villages had a combined population of 3,853 in 2007.[3] The principal families are al-Sho'ur, al-Zagharna, al-Fureijat, al-Daraghmeh, al-Raghmat, al-Mlihat and al—Masamra.[2]
Al-Ramadin and 'Arab al-Fureijat were established by Bedouins who fled their traditional homeland in the vicinity of Beersheba in the Negev for the suburbs of ad-Dhahiriya. The name "al-Ramadin" derives from "Ramadan," the patriarch of the main Bedouin tribe that founded the modern village after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A nine-member village council was appointed by the Palestinian Authority to administer al-Ramadin and Arab al-Fureijat in 1997.[2]
There are three active mosques in al-Ramadin, as well as three historic Christian edifices including the al-Fadi Monastery and al-Asela Church.[2] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[4]
