Beitin
Sign in to saveBeitin () is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located northeast of Ramallah along the Ramallah-Nablus road. The Palestinian village of Dura al-Qar' and Ein Yabrud lie to the north, Rammun to the east, Deir Dibwan to the southeast and al-Bireh to the southwest. The Israeli settlement of Beit El is northwest of Beitin.
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Place details
- Locality
- بتين
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 2,948
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Beitin
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- بيتين
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Baytin (official)Bittin (unofficial)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type D (Village council)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:COLOR PHOTO FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY TAKEN BY FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER, BONFILS, DEPICTING THE BET EL AREA NEAR JERUSALEM. צילום צבע מסוף המאה ה 19 פרי מצלמתו של הצלם הצרפתי בונפ.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Beitin, late 19th century, by Felix Bonfils
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Beitin within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
- Population
- +2242
- Area
- +4.8
- Elevation
- +894
- Image
- Bitin150.jpg
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Early history and archaeology
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate period
- Jordanian period
- Post-1967
- Landmarks
- Church ruins
- Tower ruins ("al-Burj")
- Demographics
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Beitin () is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located northeast of Ramallah along the Ramallah-Nablus road. The Palestinian village of Dura al-Qar' and Ein Yabrud lie to the north, Rammun to the east, Deir Dibwan to the southeast and al-Bireh to the southwest. The Israeli settlement of Beit El is northwest of Beitin.
Beitin was established in the mid-19th century by settlers from the nearby Burqa. It stands on the site of the ancient town and biblical sanctuary of Bethel, which was left abandoned after the Crusader period. The area remained uninhabited until the late Ottoman period, when modern Beitin was founded.