Yatta (city)

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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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