Ramat Rachel

Ramat Rachel

רָמַת רָחֵל‎
رمات راحيل
Ramat Rachel רָמַת רָחֵל‎; رمات راحيل
	Ramat Rachel
	Coordinates: 31°44′24″N 35°13′8″E / 31.74000°N 35.21889°E
Country	Israel
District	Jerusalem
Council	Mateh Yehuda
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1926
Founded by	Jerusalem Brigade of Gdud HaAvoda
Population (2022)	550
Website	www.ramatrachel.co.il

Ramat Rachel or Ramat Raḥel (Hebrew: רָמַת רָחֵל, lit. 'Rachel's Heights') is a kibbutz located in central Israel. An enclave within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries, near the neighborhoods Arnona and Talpiot, and overlooking Bethlehem and Rachel's Tomb (for which the kibbutz is named), it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022, it had a population of 550.^[1]

According to archaeologists, Ramat Rachel "replaced Jerusalem as the economic and political hub of the southern highlands" in ancient times.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
^ Gadot, Yuval (2015). "In the Valley of the King: Jerusalem's Rural Hinterland in the 8th-4th Centuries BCE". Tel Aviv. 42 (1): 3–26. doi:10.1179/0334435515Z.00000000043. S2CID 129413179.

[Israelpopulations-1] "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

[2] Gadot, Yuval (2015). "In the Valley of the King: Jerusalem's Rural Hinterland in the 8th-4th Centuries BCE". Tel Aviv. 42 (1): 3–26. doi:10.1179/0334435515Z.00000000043. S2CID 129413179.

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