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Al-Ram
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Al-Ram (), also transcribed as Al-Ramm, El-Ram, Er-Ram, and A-Ram, is a Palestinian town which lies northeast of Jerusalem, just outside the city's municipal border. The village is part of the built-up urban area of Jerusalem, the Atarot industrial zone and Beit Hanina lie to the west, and Neve Yaakov borders it on the south, with a built-up area of 3,289 dunums. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, a-Ram had a population of 15,814 in 2017. The head of A-Ram's village council estimates that 58,000 people live there, more than half of them holding Israeli identity cards.

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Place details

Locality
الرام
Region
West Bank
Country
الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population
24,838

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Al-RamA-RamEr-Ram
Settlement.translit_lang1
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info
الرّام
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
al-Ramm (official)al-Ram (unofficial)
Settlement.type
Municipality type B
Settlement.image_skyline
AtarotIndustrialParkMay022023 02.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Al-Ram behind the separation barrier
Settlement.pushpin_map
Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Al-Ram within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name
Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
172/140
Settlement.subdivision_type
State
Settlement.subdivision_name
State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Quds
Settlement.established_title
Founded

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Wikidata facts

Elevation
768
Image
AtarotIndustrialParkMay022023 02.jpg
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Commons category
Al-Ram
native label
الرّاما
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Article

17 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Classical period
  • Crusader period
  • Ottoman period
  • British Mandate period
  • Jordanian period
  • Post-1967
  • Archaeology
  • Neolithic mask
  • Crusader remains
  • Tower
  • Former Crusader church
  • Sister cities
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Al-Ram (), also transcribed as Al-Ramm, El-Ram, Er-Ram, and A-Ram, is a Palestinian town which lies northeast of Jerusalem, just outside the city's municipal border. The village is part of the built-up urban area of Jerusalem, the Atarot industrial zone and Beit Hanina lie to the west, and Neve Yaakov borders it on the south, with a built-up area of 3,289 dunums. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, a-Ram had a population of 15,814 in 2017. The head of A-Ram's village council estimates that 58,000 people live there, more than half of them holding Israeli identity cards.

==History==

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