al-Ramadin | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الرماضين |
| • Latin | Arab al-Ramadin (official) |
 al-Ramadin | |
  al-Ramadin Location of al-Ramadin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°22′43″N34°54′55″E / 31.37861°N 34.91528°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Abdulkarim al-Sho'ur [1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,750 dunams (7.8 km2 or 3.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) [2] | |
• Total | 4,150 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Al-Ramadin (Arabic : الرماضين) is a Palestinian village located 24 kilometers southwest of Hebron and includes the smaller village of 'Arab al-Fureijat to the southeast. [3] The village is part the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the two villages had a combined population of 4,150 in 2017. [2] The principal families are al-Sho'ur, al-Zagharna, al-Fureijat, al-Daraghmeh, al-Raghmat, al-Mlihat and al-Masamra. [3]
Al-Ramadin and 'Arab al-Fureijat were established by Bedouins who fled their traditional homeland in the vicinity of Beersheba in the Negev for the suburbs of ad-Dhahiriya. The name "al-Ramadin" derives from "Ramadan," the patriarch of the main Bedouin tribe that founded the modern village after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A nine-member village council was appointed by the Palestinian Authority to administer al-Ramadin and Arab al-Fureijat in 1997. [3]
There are three active mosques in al-Ramadin, as well as three historic Christian edifices, including the al-Fadi Monastery and al-Asela Church. [3] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2. [4]
