Tarrama
Village in West Bank, Palestine
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Tarrama (Arabic: طرّامة, also known as Khirbet al-Tarramah) is a Palestinian village situated on a hilltop with an elevation of 879 meters (2,884 ft) in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate. Located just south of Dura, nearby localities include at-Tabaqa to the north, Fawwar to the east, Khursa to the west, and Deir Razih to the south. The village had a population of 642 in 2017.[1]
Tarrama | |
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Local Development Committee | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | طرّامة |
| • Latin | Khirbet al-Tarramah (official) |
  Tarrama Location of Tarrama within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°28′51″N 35°01′57″E | |
| Palestine grid | 153/098 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 642 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi) |
Its total land area is 210 dunams and the village is provided with electricity and telephone lines.[2]
History
Khirbet Tarrama has been suggested as a possible site of the "Jezreel" mentioned as a town in the territory of Judah in the Bible.[3]
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[4]
Ottoman era
In 1863, Victor Guérin visited Tarrama, describing it thus:
We reach the top of a hill that rises in successive terraces, its slopes held in place by several supporting walls. A final surrounding wall—now demolished but still traceable—once enclosed the upper platform, where scattered heaps of large, disjointed blocks remain from a fairly strong structure, almost entirely destroyed, which appears to have served a military purpose. One also notices several caves cut into the rock, including one whose interior walls are pierced with a multitude of small niches resembling pigeonholes. These ruins are known to me by the name Khirbet Terrama.[5]
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted of Khurbet Terrama: "This ruin, not on the map, was found by Guerin about half an hour north of Khurbet Deir Razi. It was on the top of a terraced hill, and contains the remains of an old fort, with caves cut in the rock, one of which is pierced with columbaria."[6]
British Mandate era
At the time of the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population of Kh. Tarama was counted under Dura.[7]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Tarrama came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, there were 161 residents here.[8]
Post-1967
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Tarrama has been under Israeli occupation.
During the 1970s, the Israeli Military unsuccessfully attempted to establish a military air field on Tarrama's lands to serve the al-Majnouna camp.[2]
Most of its inhabitants belong to the Awlad Muhammad extended family,[2] but over 10% were Palestinian refugees in 1997.[9]
The population increased to 404 by 1997.[10]
In 2007, Tarrama had a population of 630, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census.[11]