Umm Salamuna

Umm Salamuna
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic خربة ام سلمونه
  Also spelled Um Salmonah (official)
Kirbat Umm Salamunah (unofficial)
Umm Salamuna

Location of Umm Salamuna within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 31°38′35.49″N 35°10′04.44″E / 31.6431917°N 35.1679000°E / 31.6431917; 35.1679000Coordinates: 31°38′35.49″N 35°10′04.44″E / 31.6431917°N 35.1679000°E / 31.6431917; 35.1679000
Governorate Bethlehem
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 945

Umm Salamuna (Arabic: خربة ام سلمونه) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers South-west of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 945 in 2007.[1] The primary healthcare is obtained in Beit Fajjar where the Ministry of Heath have classified the care facilities as level 3.[2]

History

In the 1931 census the population of Umm Salamuna was counted together with Beit Fajjar, Marah Ma'alla and Marah Rabah. The total population was 1043, all Muslims, in 258 houses.[3]

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