Back البرج (الخليل) Arabic البرج (قريه فى محافظه الخليل) ARZ Al-Burj (Hebron) Catalan البرج (الخلیل) Persian Al-Burj (Hébron) French אל-בורג' HE Al-Burj NN
al-Burj | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | البرج |
  al-Burj Location of al-Burj within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′57″N 34°55′24″E / 31.43250°N 34.92333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 141/094 |
| State |  State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 3,205 |
| Name meaning | Burj el Beiyârah, the tower of the wells[2] |
Al-Burj (Arabic: البرج) is a Palestinian village located twenty kilometers (12 mi) southwest of Hebron, in the Hebron Governorate of State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,205 in 2017.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[3] Al-Burj is the birth place of Tareq Talahma, Acting Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367
- ^ West Bank Health care Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress Web Archives