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- This article is the town in the Palestinian territories. For the pop song, see Yatta. For the anime programming tool, see YATTA.
| Yatta |
| Arabic |
يطّا |
| Government |
City |
| Also Spelled |
Yattah (officially) |
| Governorate |
Hebron |
| Population |
42,850 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction |
133,080 dunams (133.0 km²) |
| Head of Municipality |
Khalil Younis |
Yatta or Yattah (Arabic: يطّا; Hebrew: יטה) is a Palestinian city located in the Hebron Governorate on a high approximately 8km south of the city of Hebron in the West Bank.[1] It is located on the site of the Biblical town of Juttah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics it had a population of 42,853 in mid-year 2006.[2]
Seven Palestinians were killed in Yatta during the Second Intifada in different incidents from 2002-04.[3]
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