Marah Rabah

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Marah Rabah
Municipality type C
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Marah Rabah
Location of Marah Rabah within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°38′06″N35°11′19″E / 31.63500°N 35.18861°E / 31.63500; 35.18861
State State of Palestine
Governorate Bethlehem
Government
 • Type Municipality
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total1,729

Marah Rabah is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers south of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,729 in 2017. [1] The primary healthcare is obtained in Tuqu', where the Ministry of Health denotes the healthcare facilities as level 2. [2]

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History

British Mandate era

In the 1931 census the population of Marah Rabah was counted together with Beit Fajjar, Marah Ma'alla and Umm Salamuna. The total population was 1,043, all Muslims, living in 258 houses. [3]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Marah Rabah came under Jordanian rule. In 1961, the population of Murah Rabah was 198. [4]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Marah Rabah has been held under Israeli occupation.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ↑ West Bank Healthcare facilities Archived 2006-03-13 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
  3. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 35
  4. ↑ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23

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