Halhul

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Halhul is a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank, north of Hebron, known for its elevated location in the Judean Mountains and its ancient historical and religious significance.

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Label Occurrences
Halhul canonical 7

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian town ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
administeredBy Palestinian National Authority (in parts) ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
coordinateLocation 31.58°N 35.10°E ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
demographics predominantly Muslim Palestinian population ⓘ
economyType agricultural town ⓘ
elevation approximately 997 metres above sea level ⓘ
one of the highest towns in the West Bank ⓘ
governingBody Halhul Municipality ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance remains from multiple historical periods ⓘ
hasBiblicalAssociation possible identification with biblical Halhul ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod British Mandate period ⓘ
Byzantine period ⓘ
Crusader period ⓘ
linked to: Crusades

Israeli occupation period ⓘ
Israelite and Judean period ⓘ
Jordanian rule period ⓘ
Mamluk period ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate

Ottoman period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

ancient Canaanite period ⓘ
early Islamic period ⓘ
hasMinorityReligion Christianity ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatusSince 20th century ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance traditional site associated with the tombs of the prophets Jonah, Gad, and Asher ⓘ
knownFor grape cultivation ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
stone fruit cultivation ⓘ
locatedIn Hebron Governorate ⓘ
Judean Mountains ⓘ
southern West Bank ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion Judea ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
nearbyLocality Beit Ummar ⓘ
Sa'ir ⓘ
northOf Hebron ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf West Bank ⓘ
populationMajority Palestinian Arabs ⓘ
linked to: Palestinian
region southern West Bank highlands ⓘ
linked to: Judean Mountains
religionMajority Islam ⓘ
roadConnection connected by road to Hebron ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
underOccupationBy Israel ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +3 ⓘ

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