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Khursa (Arabic: كرزه) is a Palestinian village located seven kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,440 in 2007. The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.
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Map of Karza
Etymology
According to Palmer, the name Khirbet Kurza means "the ruin of kurza", a pine cone.
History
In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found here "walls, caves, a well, and a vault, probably a cistern. There were several cisterns and a sacred place to the west. Some of the ruins appear to be modern, some ancient."
References
Khursa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA