Hebron

a city in the West Bank: famous for the Haram, which includes the cenotaphs of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah. Pop.: 168 000 (2005 est.)

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Hebron

(also al-Khalil), a city in western Jordan, 30 km south of Jerusalem, on the Beersheba-Jerusalem highway. Population, 43,000 (1967). Hebron is an ancient center of glass production. Its other industries include the processing of vegetables and tanning. It is the center of an agricultural region that has vineyards and olive groves.

Founded circa 1700 B.C, Hebron was known in ancient times as Kirjath-arba (literally, “City of the Four”). For several years it was the residence of King David. Destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70, Hebron was conquered by the Arabs in the seventh century. In the late 11th century it was seized by the Crusaders, who lost it to Saladin in the late 12th century. From the 16th century to 1918, Hebron was part of the Ottoman Empire. It subsequently came under the British mandate of Palestine, and in 1948 it became part of Jordan. Hebron was occupied by Israel in June 1967.

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