Ad-Dhahiriya

Ad-Dhahiriya
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالظاهرية
 • Latinal-Dhahiriya (official)
az-Zahiriya (unofficial)
Ad-Dhahiriya is located in State of Palestine
Ad-Dhahiriya
Ad-Dhahiriya
Location of ad-Dhahiriya within Palestine
Ad-Dhahiriya is located in the West Bank
Ad-Dhahiriya
Ad-Dhahiriya
Location of ad-Dhahiriya within the West Bank
Coordinates: 31°24′28″N 34°58′20″E / 31.40778°N 34.97222°E / 31.40778; 34.97222
Palestine grid147/090
State Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeCity
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]

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 429