Kiryat Arba

Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba is an Israeli settlement in Southern Judea (Southern West Bank) adjoining the city of Hebron. The Hebrew name is ????????????????, meaning "Town of the Four ", and transliterated in Standard Hebrew as Qiryat Arba? and in Tiberian Hebrew as Qirya?-?arba?. The equivalent Arabic name is ???? ???? Qiryat ?Arba?. The place is mentioned in the English Bible as Kirjath-arba. Biblically, it is generally regarded as another name for Hebron.

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Israeli settlement - Judea - West Bank - Hebron - Hebrew - Standard Hebrew - Tiberian Hebrew - Arabic - English Bible - Biblically

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Jewish settlers founded Kiryat Arba immediately to the east of Hebron. Building began on an abandoned military base in 1970, and residents moved in in 1971. The town is a self-sufficient community, with pre-nursery though post-secondary educational institutions, medical facilities, shopping centers, a bank and a post office. The population in 2005 was approximately 6,500, with an additional 2,700 Israelis living in a number of smaller surrounding settlements.

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Jew - 1970 - 1971 - Post-secondary - Shopping center - Post office - 2005

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