Al-Khalil

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Al-Khalil is the Arabic name for the city of Hebron in the West Bank, a historically significant and religiously important city revered in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic name
city
holy city
populated place
adminCenterOf Hebron Governorate
alsoKnownAs Hebron
associatedWithFigure Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Leah
Rebecca
Sarah
contains Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs

Ibrahimi Mosque
Hebron
surface form: Old City of Hebron

Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave
surface form: Tomb of the Patriarchs
countryClaimedBy State of Palestine
economyBasedOn agriculture
commerce
glass and ceramics
stone industry
etymology Arabic for “The Friend [of God]”
hasConflictContext Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
hasCulturalHeritage olive cultivation
traditional glassblowing
hasHistoricalPeriod British Mandate for Palestine
surface form: British Mandate period

Byzantine Empire
surface form: Byzantine period

Late Bronze Age
surface form: Canaanite period

Islamic Caliphates
surface form: Islamic Caliphates period

Israeli occupation period
Ancient Israel
surface form: Israelite period

Jordanian rule period
Ottoman Empire
surface form: Ottoman period

Roman period
hasJewishSettlementPresence yes
hasMinorityLanguage English
Hebrew
hasPalestinianUrbanCenter yes
hasPopulationCharacteristic one of the largest Palestinian cities in the West Bank
hasReligionSignificanceIn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
label Al-Khalil self-link
locatedIn Palestinian territories
surface form: Palestine

West Bank
locatedInTimeZone UTC+02:00
majorLanguage Arabic
namedAfter Abraham
surface form: Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)
nativeName Hebron
surface form: الخليل
observesDST UTC+03:00
partOf Hebron Governorate
surface form: Southern West Bank
territoryOccupiedBy Israel
UNESCOStatus List of World Heritage in Danger
surface form: World Heritage in Danger
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteContains Hebron
surface form: Hebron Old Town

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Al-Khalil label Al-Khalil self-link