Tarrama
Local Development Committee
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	طرّامة
• Latin	Khirbet al-Tarramah (official)
Tarrama Location of Tarrama within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′51″N 35°01′57″E / 31.48083°N 35.03250°E / 31.48083; 35.03250
Palestine grid	153/098
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Local Development Committee
Area
• Total	210 dunams (0.2 km2 or 0.08 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	642
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)

Tarrama (Arabic: طرّامة, also known as Khirbet al-Tarramah) is a Palestinian village situated on a hilltop with an elevation of 879 meters (2,884 ft) in the southern West Bank, part of the Hebron Governorate. Located just south of Dura, nearby localities include at-Tabaqa to the north, Fawwar to the east, Khursa to the west, and Deir Razih to the south. The village had a population of 642 in 2017.^[1]

Its total land area is 210 dunams and the village is provided with electricity and telephone lines.^[2]

Khirbet Tarrama has been suggested as a possible site of the "Jezreel" mentioned as a town in the territory of Judah in the Bible.^[3]

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.^[4]

In 1863, Victor Guérin visited.^[5] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted of Khurbet Terrama: "This ruin, not on the map, was found by Guerin about half an hour north of Khurbet Deir Razi. It was on the top of a terraced hill, and contains the remains of an old fort, with caves cut in the rock, one of which is pierced with columbaria."^[6]

At the time of the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population of Kh. Tarama was counted under Dura.^[7]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Tarrama came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, there were 161 residents here.^[8]

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Tarrama has been under Israeli occupation.

During the 1970s, the Israeli Military unsuccessfully attempted to establish a military air field on Tarrama's lands to serve the al-Majnouna camp.^[2]

Most of its inhabitants belong to the Awlad Muhammad extended family,^[2] but over 10% were Palestinian refugees in 1997.^[9]

The population increased to 404 by 1997.^[10]

In 2007, Tarrama had a population of 630, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census.^[11]

• Welcome to Khirbet al-Tarramah
• Tarrama village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• Tarrama village profile, ARIJ
• Tarrama aerial photo, ARIJ
• The priorities and needs for development in Tarrama village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, ARIJ