Hadab al-Fawwar

Hadab al-Fawwar (Arabic: حدب الفوّار, lit. Sparkling Slope) is a Palestinian village located seven kilometers southwest of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,354 in 2017.^[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.^[3] It is adjacent to the Palestinian refugee camp of Fawwar.

Hadab al-Fawwar
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	حدب الفوّار
Hadab al-Fawwar Location of Hadab al-Fawwar within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′36″N 35°03′20″E
Palestine grid	155/098
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Village council
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	2,354
Name meaning	The hummock[2]

History

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.^[4]

Ottoman era

In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here "Walls, a deep cistern, and a large tomb, sequently used as a stable."^[5]