Wadi ash-Shajina

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Wadi ash-Shajina
Arabic transcription(s)
   Arabic وادي الشاجنةر
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Wadi ash-Shajina in 2020.
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Wadi ash-Shajina
Location of Wadi ash-Shajina within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′6″N35°1′50″E / 31.46833°N 35.03056°E / 31.46833; 35.03056
State State of Palestine
Governorate Hebron
Government
  Type Village council
Population
 (2017) [1]
  Total
762
Name meaningShagna Valley

Wadi ash-Shajina ( English : Shagna Valley) is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, in the south of the West Bank. [2] The village had a population of 762 in 2017. [1]

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