al-Khader | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الخضر |
| • Latin | al-Khadr (official) |
 Eastern al-Khader and Solomon's Pools | |
  al-Khader Location of al-Khader within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°41′34″N 35°09′59″E / 31.69278°N 35.16639°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/124 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Salah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19,882 dunams (19.9 km2 or 7.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,960 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "the [town] of Saint George"[2] |
Al-Khader (Arabic: الخضر) is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the south-central West Bank. It is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 11,960 in 2017.[1] The area around al-Khader is marked by vineyards, and olive and fig trees.[3]
Al-Khader was founded in the late 18th or early 19th century.[4] Its main landmarks are Solomon's Pools, the Murad Fortress (a Turkish Ottoman castle built by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1617 to defend Solomon’s Pools, that today houses a Museum for Palestinian Culture and Heritage), the Monastery and Church of St. George, and Al-Hamadiyya Mosque.[5]
- ^ 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 2023-10-24.
- ^ or “The green old man”, Palmer, 1881, pp. 299, 28
- ^ Al-Khader Old Core. The Centre for Cultural Heritage Preservation.
- ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 366
- ^ "Al Khader". Welcome To Palestine. Retrieved 2023-10-05.