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Palestinian city in the southern West Bank Municipality type A in Hebron, Palestine Dura ( Arabic : دورا ) is a Palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron , in the southern West Bank , in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 39,336 in 2017. The current mayor is Ahmad Salhoub. In 1517, Dura was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Syria. In the late Ottoman and early Mandatory periods, Dura was the only permanent settlement in the southeastern ridge of the central highlands. Starting as a village and evolving into a town, it sprawled across large territories, becoming a center for influential families, collectively referred to as Abu-Darham. After the British Mandate , in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , Dura came under Jordanian rule. Dura was established as a municipality on January 1, 1967, five months before it came under Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War . Since 1995, it has been governed by the Palestinian National Authority , as part of Area A of the West Bank and as part of the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). Expansion and Desertion: the Arab Village and its Offshoots in Ottoman Palestine (in Hebrew).
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Palestinian Authority municipality Dura ( ) is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of over 28,268 in 2007.
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Palestinian Authority municipality Dura ( ) is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of over 28,268 in 2007. The current mayor is Saeed M.Some believe Noah , the tenth of the pre-flood Patriarchs, as the story of Noah's Ark is told in the Hebrew Bible , is buried in Dura.The city was fortified by Rehoboam (974 BC – 913 BC), King of the United Monarchy of Israel and later the King of the Kingdom of Judah , who was a son of Solomon and a grandson of David , according to 2 Chron. 11.9.The city was called Macabees Adora ( 1 Macc. 13.20).In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine.After the British Mandate, in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , Dura was occupied by Jordan and came under Jordanian rule.
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Municipality type A in Hebron, State of Palestine Dura ( ) is a Palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of over 28,268 in 2007. The current mayor is Ahmad Salhoub.The city is identified with the biblical Adoraim , mentioned by Apocrypha and Josephus .The modern Arabic name is a sound conversion from Hebrew . In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Syria. After the British Mandate, in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , Dura came under Jordanian rule. Dura was established as a municipality on January 1, 1967, five months before it came under Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War .In 1995 it became part of Area A under the Palestinian Authority.
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Palestinian city in the southern West Bank Municipality type A in Hebron, State of Palestine Dura ( ) is a Palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron , in the southern West Bank , in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of over 28,268 in 2007. The current mayor is Ahmad Salhoub. In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Syria. After the British Mandate, in the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , Dura came under Jordanian rule. Dura was established as a municipality on January 1, 1967, five months before it came under Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War . Since 1995, it has been governed by the Palestinian National Authority , as part of Area A of the West Bank and as part of the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine .
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palestinian town located eleven kilometers southwest of hebron in the hebron governorate in the southern west b
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palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of hebron
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