Khallet al-Louza

Khallet al-Louza is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in south-central West Bank. It is administered by the Hindazah and Brid'ah Municipal Council.

History

In the early 1950s, Khallet al-Louza was administered by Jordan after the 1948 Palestine war, as a result of the 1949 Armistice Agreements. The village fell under Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War. After the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994 as a result of the 1993 peace agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, it took over the village and placed it under its civil and security control.

Demographics

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 645 in 2017, up from 447 in mid-year 2006.