Hadab al-Alaqa

Hadab al-Alaqa is a village in the area of Dura, in the Hebron Governorate, in the southern West Bank. It is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of the city of Hebron.^[1][2][3]

It is bordered to the east by the villages of Abda and al-'Alqa al-Fuqa, to the north by as-Sura, to the west by Deir al-Asal al-Tahta and Iskik, and to the south by Karza.

Modern history of the village dates back to 1948, when Palestinians fleeing villages destroyed during the Nakba established Hadab al-Alaqa. The word Hadab, meaning high place in Arabic, came from its location on top of a mountain. As of 2009, 98% of the village's residents were from Al Awawda Family, with the remaining being from the Abu Aharar and al-Darabi’ families.^[1]

In 2007, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the population was 641.^[1][4][5] As of 2009, the village had one mosque. As of the 2006-2007 school year, it had one seven-classroom school, Al Beyader Elementary Co-education School, with 123 students and 12 teachers.^[1]

• Dura, Hebron
• Hebron Governorate

• Hadab Al'Alaqa Village (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
• Hadab Al 'Alaqa Village Profile, ARIJ
• Areal photo, ARIJ
• The priorities and needs for development in Hadab Al 'Alaqa villagembased on the community and local authorities’ assessment, ARIJ