Umm Salamuna | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | خربة ام سلمونة |
• Latin | Um Salmonah (official) Kirbat Umm Salamunah (unofficial) |
Location of Umm Salamuna within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°38′36″N 35°10′05″E / 31.64333°N 35.16806°E | |
Palestine grid | 166/116 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Bethlehem |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,188 |
Name meaning | Umm Salamôni, the ruin of the mother of Salamôni[2] |
Umm Salamuna (Arabic: خربة ام سلمونة) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers south-west of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,188 in 2017.[1] The primary healthcare is obtained in Beit Fajjar, where the Ministry of Health has classified the care facilities as level 3.[3]