al-Kum

Al-Kum (Arabic: الكوم, romanized: al-Kūm, officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron. Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east. It had a population of 1,464 in the 2017 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

al-Kum
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
  Arabicالكوم
  Latinal-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa (official)
al-Kum
Location of al-Kum within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°31′53″N 34°57′38″E
Palestine grid147/105
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
FoundedEarly 19th-century
Government
  TypeVillage council (from 1996)
  Head of MunicipalityMusharraf Rajoub
Area
  Total7,000 dunams (7.0 km2 or 2.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
  Total1,464
  Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Name meaningKh. el Kôm: the ruin of heaps Kh. el Mûrak: the ruin the leafy place Beit Makdûm: the house of Makdûm, personal name
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