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Beit Hanoun is a city and border settlement located in the Gaza Strip, within the North Gaza Governorate. The area has at various times been part of Palestine, Mandatory Palestine, and the Israeli-occupied territories. It is situated in Asia near the Mediterranean Sea, with an elevation of 55 meters above sea level. The city’s official language is Arabic, and it is administered by the Palestinian National Authority.
The settlement covers an area of 125 square kilometers and has a population of 32,187. It is twinned with Osmangazi. A significant historical event associated with the location is the Battle of Beit Hanoun. The city operates in the UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00 time zones.
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Place details
- Locality
- بيت حانون
- Region
- قطاع غزة
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 37,392
- Timezone
- Asia/Gaza
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Arabic
- بيت حانون
- Latin
- Beit Hanun (official), Bayt Hanun (unofficial)
- Palestine grid
- 105/105
- State
- Palestine
- Governorate
- North Gaza
- Date of depopulation
- Late 2023
- Type
- City
- Head of municipality
- Mohamad Nazek al-Kafarna
- Total
- 12.5 km (4.8 sq mi)
- Density
- 4,180/km (10,800/sq mi)
- Name meaning
- The house of Hanun
- Website
- www .beithanoun .ps
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Gaza Strip
- Official name
- بيت حانون
- Country
- Israeli-occupied territories
- Located in
- North Gaza Governorate
- Continent
- Asia
- Official language
- Arabic
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 125
- Elevation
- 55
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Official website
- www.beithanoun.ps
- Image
- 20140805 beit hanun7.jpg
- Significant event
- Battle of Beit Hanoun
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- Commons category
- Beit Hanun
- topic's main category
- Category:Beit Hanoun
- native label
- بيت حانون
- twinned administrative body
- Osmangazi
- P12749
- Moscow Oblast
- name in native language
- بَيْتُ حَانُونْ
- vocalized name
- بَيْتُ حَانُونْ
- authority
- Palestinian National Authority
- maintained by
- Palestinian Ministry of Interior
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Palestine
- postal code
- 810
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Encyclopedic overview
Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun (Arabic: بيت حانون) is a destroyed and depopulated Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 52,237 in 2017. As a result of the ongoing Gaza war, the area of Beit Hanoun has been militarily contested between the Hamas administration and Israel. The remains of Beit Hanoun are located by the Nahal-Hanun stream, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) away from the Israeli city of Sderot.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beit Hanoun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.