Nuaman | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | Nu'man |
Location of ash Nuaman within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°43′06″N 35°14′30″E / 31.7182°N 35.2418°E | |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Bethlehem |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 112 |
Nuaman or Khallet an Nu'man (Arabic: النعمان, meaning "Grace"),[2] also written al-Numan/an-Nu'man, is a small village located just north of Beit Sahour in the Palestinian Governorate of Bethlehem. The Israeli government incorporated its territory within Jerusalem after the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War. The village is regarded as neither part of the West Bank, nor part of Jerusalem. A United Nations report has described the villagers as "living in limbo."[3] In terms of local government it is treated together with the neighbouring village Al-Khas, to the west, as one unit.[3] The village had a population of 112 in 2017.[1] Settled by families from the at-Ta'mira Bedouin tribe, it is part of the 'Arab al-Ta'mira village cluster, along with Za'atara, Beit Ta'mir, Hindaza, Tuqu', Khirbet ad-Deir (today part of Tuqu'), Ubeidiya and al-Asakra.