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Beit Awwa ( ) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank , located 22 kilometers west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura .1According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Beit Awwa had a population of 8,064 inhabitants in 2007.2Its total land area is 470 dunams , 30% of it lands before 1948; due to the town's proximity Green Line hundreds of dunams are a part of modern-day Israel . The two prominent clans of Beit Awwa are Salam and Sewiti. The latter migrated to the area from ar-Ramtha , Jordan . After the 1967 six day war Beit Awwa was completely destroyed. Para 57. in the Sunday Times (London) on 11 October 1970, where reference is made not only to the villages of Jalou, Beit Nuba, and Imwas, also referred to by the Special Committee in its first report, but in addition to villages like Surit, Beit Awwa, Beit Mirsem and El-Shuyoukh in the Hebron area and Jiflik, Agarith and Huseirat, in the Jordan Valley. The Special Committee has ascertained that all these villages have been completely destroyed. Para 58. the village of Nebi Samwil was in fact destroyed by Israeli armed forces on March 22, 1971.3
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Palestinian Authority muni Beit Awwa ( ) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank , located 22 kilometers west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura .
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Municipality type B in Hebron, State of Palestine Beit Awwa ( ) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank , located 22 kilometers west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura .According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Beit Awwa had a population of 8,064 inhabitants in 2007.
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Municipality type B in Hebron, State of Palestine Beit Awwa ( ) is a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank , in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine , located 22 kilometers west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Beit Awwa had a population of 8,064 inhabitants in 2007.
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Municipality type B in Hebron, State of Palestine Beit Awwa ( Arabic : بيت عوّا ) is a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank , in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine , located 22 kilometers west of Hebron and 4 kilometers west of Dura . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Beit Awwa had a population of 10,436 inhabitants in 2017.Beit Awwa saw ruins and artificial caves noted by various visitors throughout the 19th century.Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , it came under Jordanian rule , then Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War in 1967.Today, it is home to prominent clans , the Masalmea and Al Swaty.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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palestinian town in the hebron governorate in the southern west bank
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palestinian town in the southern west bank
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