al-Burj, Hebron

al-Burj
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic البرج
al-Burj

Location of al-Burj within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 31°25′56.94″N 34°55′23.99″E / 31.4324833°N 34.9233306°E / 31.4324833; 34.9233306Coordinates: 31°25′56.94″N 34°55′23.99″E / 31.4324833°N 34.9233306°E / 31.4324833; 34.9233306
Governorate Hebron
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 2,578

al-Burj (Arabic: البرج) is a Palestinian village located twenty kilometers southwest of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate, southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,578 in 2007.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[2]

On 25 February 1953, five Arab shepherds were killed and mutilated by Israelis at al-Burj, including a 13-year-old.[3]

References

  1. 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.118.
  2. West Bank Health care
  3. Benny Morris, (1993) Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956 ISBN 0-19-829262-7, Oxford University Press p 184

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