Marah Rabah
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| name = Marah Rabah
| translit_lang1 = Arabic
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| type = Municipality type C
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Marah Rabah within Palestine
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| subdivision_type = State
| subdivision_name = State of Palestine
| subdivision_type1 = Governorate
| subdivision_name1 = Bethlehem
| established_title = Founded
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| population_footnotes = {{cite report |date=February 2018 |title=Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |department=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) |publisher=State of Palestine |pages=64–82 |access-date=2023-10-24}}
| population_total = 1729
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Marah Rabah is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers south of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,729 in 2017. The primary healthcare is obtained in Tuqu', where the Ministry of Health denotes the healthcare facilities as level 2.[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement West Bank Healthcare facilities] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060313002206/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/%24File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement |date=2006-03-13 }}
History
=British Mandate era=
In the 1931 census the population of Marah Rabah was counted together with Beit Fajjar, Marah Ma'alla and Umm Salamuna. The total population was 1,043, all Muslims, living in 258 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 35]
=Jordanian era=
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Marah Rabah came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population of Murah Rabah was 198.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p23.pdf 23]
=Post 1967=
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Marah Rabah has been held under Israeli occupation.
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
- {{cite book | editor = Mills, E. | title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}}
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External links
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/pdfs/EN/Marah%20Rabah_fs_en.pdf Marah Rabah village (fact sheet)], Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/pdfs/VP/Marah%20Rabah_vp_en.pdf Marah Rabah village profile], ARIJ(See talk: maps are wrong)
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/images/areal/Marah%20Rabah_ap_en.jpg Marah Rabah aerial photo], ARIJ
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/bethlehem/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Marah%20Rabah_vp_en.pdf The priorities and needs for development in Marah Rabah village based on the community and local authorities' assessment], ARIJ
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Category:Towns in the West Bank
Category:Bethlehem Governorate
Category:Municipalities of Palestine
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