Kiryat Arba

Kiryat Arba

קִרְיַת־אַרְבַּע‎
قرية أربع
Kiryat Arba קִרְיַת־אַרְבַּע‎; قرية أربع;
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Qiryat ʔarbaˁ
• Also spelled	Qiryat Arba (official)
	Kiryat Arba
	Coordinates: 31°31′42″N 35°7′7″E / 31.52833°N 35.11861°E
Region	West Bank
District	Judea and Samaria Area
Founded	1968–1971
Government
• Head of Municipality	Eliyahu Libman
Area
• Total	4,386 dunams (4.386 km2 or 1.693 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,490
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Name meaning	Town of the Four [Giants]
Website	Official website

Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba (Hebrew: קִרְיַת־אַרְבַּע, lit. 'Town of the Four') is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the southern West Bank. Founded in 1968, in 2022 it had a population of 7,490.

The international community considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.^[3]

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^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC. December 10, 2009.

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[Israelpopulations-2] "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

[BBC_The_Geneva_Convention-3] "The Geneva Convention". BBC. December 10, 2009.

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