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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
Article
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