Sansana
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| Coordinates: 31°21′42.83″N 34°54′10.44″E / 31.3618972°N 34.9029000°ECoordinates: 31°21′42.83″N 34°54′10.44″E / 31.3618972°N 34.9029000°E | |
| District | Judea and Samaria Area |
| Council | Har Hevron |
| Region | West Bank |
| Affiliation | Amana |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founded by | Nahal |
| Population (2016) | 377 |
| Website | www.sansana.org |
Sansana (Hebrew: סַנְסַנָּה, lit. Palm tree) is a religious settlement in the southern Judaean Mountains of the West Bank. Located to the south-west of Hebron and just over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. In 2016 it had a population of 377.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
The settlement was established in 1997 as a Nahal settlement, the first kvutza arrived on 21 April 1999, and it was civilianised by members of the Or Movement in 2000. Its name is taken from the name of a Biblical village nearby (Joshua 15:31) and from Song of Songs 7:9;
I said: 'I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof; and let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy countenance like apples;
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