al-Ramadin

{{Short description|Village in West Bank, Palestine}}

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| name = al-Ramadin

| translit_lang1 = Arabic

| translit_lang1_type = Arabic

| translit_lang1_info = الرماضين

| translit_lang1_type1 = Latin

| translit_lang1_info1 = Arab al-Ramadin (official)

| type = Municipality type D (Village council)

| image_skyline = File:Al-Ramadin9768.JPG

| image_caption = al-Ramadin

| pushpin_map = Palestine

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of al-Ramadin within Palestine

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| coordinates = {{coord|31|22|43|N|34|54|55|E|region:PS|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Palestine grid

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| subdivision_type = State

| subdivision_name = State of Palestine

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hebron

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1948

| government_footnotes =

| government_type = Village council (from 1997)

| leader_title = Head of Municipality

| leader_name = Abdulkarim al-Sho'ur[http://www.jmcc.org/politicalofficedetails.aspx?id=1182&offname=Ramadin%20Municipality Ramadin Municipality]. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC).

| unit_pref = dunam

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| area_total_km2 = 7.8

| area_total_dunam = 7750

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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 = 4150

| population_as_of = 2017

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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Al-Ramadin ({{langx|ar|الرماضين}}) is a Palestinian village located 24 kilometers southwest of Hebron and includes the smaller village of 'Arab al-Fureijat to the southeast.[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/Ar%20Ramadin%20Village-en.pdf Ar Ramadin Village Profile]. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009. The village is part the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the two villages had a combined population of 4,150 in 2017. The principal families are al-Sho'ur, al-Zagharna, al-Fureijat, al-Daraghmeh, al-Raghmat, al-Mlihat and al-Masamra.

Al-Ramadin and 'Arab al-Fureijat were established by Bedouins who fled their traditional homeland in the vicinity of Beersheba in the Negev for the suburbs of ad-Dhahiriya. The name "al-Ramadin" derives from "Ramadan," the patriarch of the main Bedouin tribe that founded the modern village after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. A nine-member village council was appointed by the Palestinian Authority to administer al-Ramadin and Arab al-Fureijat in 1997.

There are three active mosques in al-Ramadin, as well as three historic Christian edifices, including the al-Fadi Monastery and al-Asela Church. The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement West Bank Health care] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060313002206/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement |date=2006-03-13 }}