Beit Kahil

Beit Kahil
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicبيت كاحل
 • LatinBayt Kahil (official)
Beit Kaheel (unofficial)
Beit Kahil in the 2018 OCHA OpT map of the Hebron Governorate
Beit Kahil in the 2018 OCHA OpT map of the Hebron Governorate
Beit Kahil is located in State of Palestine
Beit Kahil
Beit Kahil
Location of Beit Kahil within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°34′11″N 35°03′58″E / 31.56972°N 35.06611°E / 31.56972; 35.06611
Palestine grid156/108
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total5,795 dunams (5.8 km2 or 2.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total8,880
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Name meaning"House of the occulist"[2]

Beit Kahil (Arabic: بيت كاحل) is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank, located seven kilometers northwest of Hebron. The village had a population of 8,880 in 2017.[1]

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 388