耶路撒冷西南部城市,因为是亚伯拉罕的故乡和埋葬地(麦比拉洞)而被尊为犹太教和伊斯兰教的圣城。约西元前10世纪,大卫王曾短暂定都于希伯伦。从西元 635年到第一次世界大战后(除1100~1260年被十字军占领外),希伯伦一直在穆斯林统治下。1923年起为巴勒斯坦一部分,1948年被约旦并吞。在1967年“六日战争”期间以色列占领此城,成为受以色列管辖的西岸地区之一部分。1997年以色列和巴勒斯坦解放组织协议从希伯伦撤出部分以色列人。人口约117,000(1995)。
City (pop., 1995 est.: 117,000), southwest of Jerusalem. It is a sacred city of Judaism and Islam as the home of Abraham and the site of his burial place, at the Cave of Machpelah. King David made Hebron his capital briefly1 in the 10th century BC. Muslims ruled the city from AD 635 until after World War I, except in 1100-1260, when the Crusaders controlled it. It was part of Palestine from 1923 until its annexation2 by Jordan in 1948. Captured by Israel during the Six-Day War (1967), it became part of the West Bank territory under Israeli administration. In 1997 Israel and the PLO aGREed on a partial Israeli pullout from Hebron.
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