Hebron

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ancient city city holy city populated place

Hebron is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, a major historic and religious center in the southern West Bank revered in Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Old City of Hebron 4
Hebron Old Town 2
City of David (traditional) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
city ⓘ
holy city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
commonLanguage Arabic ⓘ
contains Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs

Hebron University ⓘ
Ibrahimi Mosque ⓘ
Hebron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Hebron

Palestine Polytechnic University ⓘ
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ
surface form: Tomb of the Patriarchs
coordinateLatitude 31.533 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 35.095 ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 930 meters ⓘ
governedBy Hebron Municipality ⓘ
governorateCapitalOf Hebron Governorate ⓘ
H1AreaControlledBy Palestinian Authority ⓘ
H2AreaControlledBy Israel ⓘ
hasConflictStatus site of Israeli–Palestinian tensions ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
glassblowing ⓘ
stone industry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasMinorityPopulation Israeli settlers ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Hebron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hebron Old Town
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalRegion Judea ⓘ
knownFor historic Old City ⓘ
religious pilgrimage ⓘ
traditional glass and ceramics ⓘ
locatedIn Palestinian territories ⓘ
surface form: Palestine

West Bank ⓘ
surface form: Southern West Bank

West Bank ⓘ
locatedOn Judean Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Judean Hills
mayor Taysir Abu Sneineh ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf Hebron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hebron Governorate
population over 200000 inhabitants ⓘ
populationMajority Palestinian ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Arabs
religiousSignificance Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
securityArrangement divided into H1 and H2 areas ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
traditionalBurialPlaceOf Abraham ⓘ
Isaac ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
Leah ⓘ
Rebekah ⓘ
Sarah ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage in Danger
wasCapitalOf Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Judah (Davidic period)

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Hebron Old Town
Al-Khalil → alsoKnownAs → Hebron ⓘ
Eglah → associatedPlace → Hebron ⓘ
King David → burialPlace → Hebron ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of David (traditional)
Sarah → burialPlaceLocatedIn → Hebron ⓘ
Leah → burialPlaceTradition → Hebron ⓘ
Jacob → buriedIn → Hebron ⓘ
Al-Khalil → contains → Hebron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Hebron
Hebron → contains → Hebron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Hebron
Holy Land → contains → Hebron ⓘ
Judean Mountains → contains → Hebron ⓘ
Judea → containsCity → Hebron ⓘ
West Bank → containsCity → Hebron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Hebron
Palestine → hasMajorCity → Hebron ⓘ
Palestinian → hasMajorCity → Hebron ⓘ
Palestine → hasSacredCity → Hebron ⓘ
Hebron → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Hebron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebron Old Town
Ancient Israel → keyCity → Hebron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old City of Hebron
Genesis 23 → mainLocation → Hebron ⓘ
Al-Khalil → nativeName → Hebron ⓘ
this entity surface form: الخليل
Hebron → partOf → Hebron self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebron Governorate
Safed → sharesStatusWith → Hebron ⓘ