Umm Salamuna | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربة ام سلمونة |
| • Latin | Um Salmonah (official) Kirbat Umm Salamunah (unofficial) |
 Area map, showing Umm Salamunu, north of Beit Fajjar, in 2011 | |
  Umm Salamuna 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 403
- ^ West Bank Healthcare