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Al-Kum ((アラビア語:الكوم), officially known as al-Kum-al-Muwarraq-Beit Maqdum-Humsa) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate and located 13 kilometers west of Hebron. Its municipal borders stretch from the border with Israel in the west to boundaries of the city of Dura in the east.〔(Al Kum, Al Muwarraq, Beit Maqdum, Humsa Village Profile ). Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2009.〕 It had a population of 2,568 in the 2007 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.〔(2007 PCBS Census ). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).〕 ==History== In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' found at ''Kh. el Kôm'' "Traces of ruins and caves on a white hill-top." It further described it as "rather a large ruin."〔Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. ( 358 )〕 ''Khurbet el Murak'' was described as "Caves and two large foundations",〔Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. ( 360 )〕 while at ''Beit Makdûm'' they noted "Cisterns, caves, foundations, and walls, apparently an old site."〔Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. ( 324 )〕 The modern village was formed as a result of a 1995 merger between the villages of al-Kum, al-Muwarraq, Beit Maqdum and Humsa with al-Kum being the largest and in the middle of the latter three. Al-Kum and Beit Maqdum were founded sometime in the early 19th-century during Ottoman rule in Palestine. Most of the residents of the four villages were migrants from nearby Dura or Palestinian refugees who fled there following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The principal families are Rajoub, al-Awawda and al-Sharha. Following the founding of the modern village, a six-member village council was established to administer its affairs and provide some municipal services.〔 The primary health care facilities for the village are at al-Kum designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1, close by is Deir Sammit where the primary healthcare facilities are at level 2.〔(West Bank Health care )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Kum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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