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Tarrama
Tarrama
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 / 31.48083°N 35.03250°E
Palestine grid	153/098
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Local Development Committee
Area
• Total	210 dunams (0.2 km2 or 0.08 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	642
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)

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]

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.^[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]

References

^ ^a ^b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c Background to Tarrama Land Research Center. 19 February 2009.
^ "Jezreel". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 5 March 2009.
^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 962
^ Guérin, 1869, p. 372: "nous atteignons le sommet d'une colline qui s'élève comme par gradins successifs et dont les terres sont soutenues par plusieurs murs d'appui. Un dernier mur d'enceinte, qui a été démoli, mais dont les traces sont reconnaissables, environnait jadis la plate-forme supérieure, où sont épars des amas de gros blocs disjoints, ayant appartenu à une assez puissante construction, presque entièrement détruite, qui semble avoir eu une destination militaire. On y remarque aussi plusieurs cavernes pratiquées dans le roc, une, entre autres, dont les parois sônt percées intérieurement d'une foule de petites niches semblables à des trous de pigeonnier. Ces ruines me sont désignées sous le nom de Khirbet Terrama."
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 369
^ Mills, 1932, p. 32
^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 22
^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
^ Welcome to Khirbet al-Tarramah Palestine Remembered.
^ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.119.