In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located nine kilometers west of hebron”. Today it says “palestinian village in the southern west bank”.
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Village in West Bank, Palestine Municipality type D in Hebron, State of Palestine Al-Kum ( Arabic : الكوم , romanized : al-Kūm , officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa ) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank , part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron . Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Palestinian Authority municipality al-Kum ( ) is a Palestinian village located nine kilometers west 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 1,332 in mid-year 2006. The primary health care facilities for the village are at al-Kum designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1, close by is Deir Sammit where the primary healthcare facilities are at level 2.
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Palestinian Authority municipality Al-Kum ( , officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa ) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank , part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron .Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east.It had a population of 2,568 in the 2007 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics .Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009. 2007 PCBS Census .Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
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Municipality type D in Hebron, State of Palestine Al-Kum ( , officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa ) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank , part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron . Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC). Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009. 2007 PCBS Census . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located nine kilometers west of hebron”. Today it says “palestinian village in the southern west bank”. Read the current article and compare.
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palestinian village located nine kilometers west of hebron
Now
palestinian village in the southern west bank
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