Hebron
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Hebron (Arabic: 
الخليل (help·info) al-Ḫalīl; Hebrew: חֶבְרוֹן (help·info), Staundart Ebreu: Ḥevron, Tiberian: Ḥeḇrôn), is a Palestinian ceety locatit in the soothren Wast Bank, 30 km (19 mi) sooth o Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Muntains, it lies 930 meters (3,050 ft) abuin sea level. It is the lairgest cieety in the Wast Bank an hame tae aroond 165,000 Palestinians,[4] an ower 500 Jewish settlers concentratit in an aroond the auld quarter.[5][6][7][8][9] The ceety is maist notable for containin the traditional burial site o the biblical Patriarchs an Matriarchs an is therefore considered the seicont-holiest ceety in Judaism efter Jerusalem.[10] The ceety is an aa veneratit bi Muslims for its association wi Abraham[11] an wis traditonally viewed as ane o the "fower Haly ceeties o Islam."[12][13][14][15]
Hebron is a busy hub o Wast Bank tred, responsible for roughly a third o the aurie's gross domestic product, lairgely due tae the sale o marble frae quarries.[16] It is locally well-kent for its grapes, figs, limestane, pottery wirkshops an glassblowing factories, an is the location o the major dairy product manufacturer, al-Junaidi. The auld ceety o Hebron is characterized bi nairae, windin streets, flat-ruifed stane hooses, an auld bazaars. The ceety is hame tae Hebron University an the Palestine Polytechnic University.[17][18][19][20][21]
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Etymology
The name "Hebron" traces back tae twae Semitic ruits, which coalesce in the form ḥbr, haein reflexes in Ebreu, Amorite an Arabic, an denotin a range o meanins frae "colleague", "unite", "friend" or "tae be noisy". In the proper name Hebron, the sense mey be alliance.[22] In Arabic, Ibrahim al-Khalil (إبراهيم الخليل) means "Abraham the friend", accordin tae Islamic teachin signifyin that, God chose Abraham as his friend.[23]
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