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Khirbat al-Simia

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located fourteen kilometers south-west of hebron”. Today it says “palestinian village located four kilometers north-west of as-samu”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located fourteen kilometers south-west of hebron”. Today it says “palestinian village located four kilometers north-west of as-samu”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Khirbat al-Simia ( Arabic : خربة السيميا ) is a Palestinian village located four kilometers north-west of As-Samu .The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 1,705 in mid-year 2006.

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village located fourteen kilometers south-west of hebron”. Today it says “palestinian village located four kilometers north-west of as-samu”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

palestinian village located fourteen kilometers south-west of hebron

Now

palestinian village located four kilometers north-west of as-samu

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