Ad-Dhahiriya | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | الظاهرية |
• Latin | al-Dhahiriya (official) az-Zahiriya (unofficial) |
Location of ad-Dhahiriya within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°24′28″N 34°58′20″E / 31.40778°N 34.97222°E | |
Palestine grid | 147/090 |
State | Palestine |
Governorate | Hebron |
Government | |
• Type | City |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 35,924 |
Name meaning | "The village on the ridge"[2] |
Ad-Dhahiriya (also az-Zahiriya) (Arabic: الظاهرية) is a Palestinian city in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, 22 km southwest of the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, ad-Dhahiriya had a population of 35,924 in 2017.[1]