Dora International Stadium
Full nameDora International Stadium
LocationHebron, West Bank
Capacity18,000
Construction
Opened1965
Renovated1999, 2011
Tenants
Shabab Yatta
Palestine national football team

Dora (Dura) International Stadium (Arabic: ملعب دورا الدولي) is an association football stadium[1] in the city of Dura in the Hebron Governorate district of the West Bank.[2] It was opened in 1965 and was renovated in 1999 and 2011. It has a capacity of 18,000 and the surface is artificial turf.

In February 2018 the stadium was named after Houari Boumédiène, the second president of Algeria and a supporter of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.[3][4]

In November 2019 the world's largest keffiyeh, measuring 3,000 square meters was unveiled at the stadium in honor of the late President Arafat.[5]

References

  1. rama. "ستاد دورا الدولي". duracity.ps (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. "Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hebron - The "West Bank's" Richest City". הישוב היהודי בחברון (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  3. "إطلاق إسم هواري بومدين على استاد دورا الدولي". وكالــة معــا الاخبارية. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. الخليل | إطلاق اسم الرئيس الجزائري هواري بومدين على استاد دورا الدولي تقرير: سامية أبو شرخ, retrieved 2019-12-03
  5. راسغون, آدم. "عرض أكبر كوفية في العالم داخل استاد كرة قدم في الخليل". تايمز أوف إسرائيل. Retrieved 2019-12-03.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.