Karma, Hebron

Karma (Arabic: كرمة‎) is a Palestinian village located nineteen kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank.

Karma
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	كرمة
Karma Location of Karma within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°27′08″N 35°01′31″E
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Village council
Population  (2007)
• Total	1,386
Name meaning	The ruin of the vineyard[1]

History

In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here "traces of ruins".[2]

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,386 in 2007.[3] The primary health care facilities for the village are at Qila designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1.[4]

Footnotes

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 400
2. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 359
3. Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
4. "West Bank Health care" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Karma Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, (ARIJ)
• Karma Village profile, ARIJ
• Karma Village aerial photo, ARIJ
• The priorities and needs for development in Karma village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, ARIJ