al-Walaja
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Walaja
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- الولجة
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Al-Walaja (official)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type D (Village council)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- EinHinyaAlWalajaApr142022 03.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Geopolitical entity
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jerusalem
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1949
- Settlement.government_type
- Village council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- Jordanian rule (1948–1967)
- 1967 and aftermath
- Demography
- Landmarks
- Al-Badawi-Boom, the ancient olive tree
- 'Ain el-Haniya spring
- ʿAin Joweizeh spring
- Cultural institutions
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|200px|el-Welejeh in the 1870s
Al-Walaja () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, four kilometers northwest of Bethlehem. It is an enclave in the Seam Zone, near the Green Line. Al-Walaja is partly under the jurisdiction of the Bethlehem Governorate and partly of the Jerusalem Municipality. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,671 in 2017. It has been called 'the most beautiful village in Palestine'.
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