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Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town

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Downtown Hebron

Hebron (Arabic: الْخَلِيلAbout this sound al-Khalīl; Hebrew: חֶבְרוֹןAbout this sound Ḥevron) is a Palestinian[5][6][7] city located in the southern West Bank, 30 km (19 mi) south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies 930 meters (3,050 ft) above sea level. The largest city in the West Bank, and the second largest in the Palestinian territories after Gaza, it has a population of 215,452 Palestinians (2016),[8] and between 500 and 850 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter.[9][10][11][12][13] The Hebron Protocol of 1997 divided the city into two sectors: H1, controlled by the Palestinian Authority and H2, roughly 20% of the city, administered by Israel.[14] All security arrangements and travel permits for local residents are coordinated between the Palestinian Authority and Israel via military administration of the West Bank (COGAT). The Jewish settlers have their own governing municipal body, the Committee of the Jewish Community of Hebron.

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