Al-Karmil
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربة الكرمل |
| • Also spelled | Khirbat al-Karmil (official) |
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| Coordinates: 31°25′25.19″N 35°07′59.37″E / 31.4236639°N 35.1331583°ECoordinates: 31°25′25.19″N 35°07′59.37″E / 31.4236639°N 35.1331583°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/092 |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,741 |
al-Karmil (Arabic: خربة الكرمل) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers south of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank, within Area A under total Palestinian control. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,741 in 2007. The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.
There are three references to al-Karmil in the Bible. "Carmel" is mentioned as a city of Judah, also as the place where Saul erects a monument after the expedition against the Amalek and where Nabal the Carmelite resides.
In the Byzantine era, around the 6th or 7th century CE, a church was built here, on the western side of the remains. In the 19th century, it was described as having three casemated arrow-slits on the east side. Outlines of a further two churches were uncovered to the immediate north and south.
Al-Muqaddasi describes it 985 as "a village in the further limits of the Hebron territory, in Jund Filastin. This is the Carmel mentioned in Joshua xv.55."
It was mentioned in Crusader sources in 1172/3, as the place King Amalric of Jerusalem assembled his army.
In 1838 Edward Robinson noted here the remains of an ancient tower and an ancient church.
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