Acronyms that contain the term halhul 

Halhul

Halhul is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, 5 kilometres north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate. The town is located on the highest peak of the Judean Mountains. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 22,108 mostly Muslim inhabitants in 2007. According to medieval traditions, the graves of the biblical prophets Gad and Nathan are in Halhul, as well as a Muslim tradition that Jonah's grave is in this town. The burial sites had been designated in the list of Holy Places under Israeli rule, and now under the Palestinian Authority. A small Israeli settlement Karmei Tzur is on the outskirts of Halhul, named after the Judean kingdom town Beth Zur, site of a Maccabeean victory, and later defeat. The town is surrounded by ancient burial caves, and is adjacent to the nearby archaeological site of Burgh e-Sur.

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