Halhul
Halhul | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | حلحول |
Halhul, 2009 | |
Location of Halhul within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′44″N 35°05′57″E / 31.57889°N 35.09917°E | |
| Palestine grid | 160/109 |
| State | Palestine |
| Governorates of Palestine | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Head of Municipality | Hijazi Moreb |
| Area | |
• Total | 37,335 dunams (37.3 km2 or 14.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 27,031 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | from "Hulhul", a personal name |
| Website | www.halhul-city.ps |
Halhul (Arabic: حلحول, transliteration: Ḥalḥūl) is a Palestinian city located in the southern part of the West Bank, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine. The town, bordered by Sa'ir and al-Shuyukh to the east, Beit Ummar and al-Arroub refugee camp to the north, and Kharas and Nuba westwards, is located 916 m above sea level, and is the highest inhabited place in Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 27,031 inhabitants in 2017.