At 1,027 metres above sea level, five kilometres north of Hebron, Halhul is among the highest Palestinian towns. Its position on the Jerusalem–Hebron road made it a lively market for travellers, and a central fruit-and-vegetable market still sells the produce of its farmers.
Farming comes first in the local economy, then trade, then industry — almost entirely stone and marble, thanks to the quarries around the town; stone has become part of the town’s face and its houses.
It is bordered by Sa‘ir and ash-Shuyukh to the east, Beit Ummar and al-Arroub camp to the north, and Kharas and Nuba to the west, 36 km south of Jerusalem.
Source: “Halhul” — Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halhul
Cover photo: Shatret at Arabic Wikipedia — Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
