Beit Lid | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | بيت ليد |
• Latin | Bayt Lid (official) Bayt Leed (unofficial) |
Location of Beit Lid within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°15′40″N 35°07′48″E / 32.26111°N 35.13000°E | |
Palestine grid | 162/185 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Tulkarm |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 16,753 dunams (16.8 km2 or 6.5 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 5,606 |
• Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
Name meaning | The house of Lid[2] |
Beit Lid (Arabic: بيت ليد) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located a 10 kilometers southeast of Tulkarm and west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,606 inhabitants in 2017.[1] In 1922, it had 653 inhabitants,[3] which rose to 1,807 in 1961.[4]
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