Beit Sira | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | بيت سيرا |
• Latin | Bayt Sira (official) |
Location of Beit Sira within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°53′15″N 35°02′39″E / 31.88750°N 35.04417°E | |
Palestine grid | 154/143 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Area | |
• Total | 3,120 dunams (3.1 km2 or 1.2 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 3,343 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
Name meaning | The house of the fold[2] |
Beit Sira (Arabic: بيت سيرا) is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The village is situated along the Green Line. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, around 4,000 dunams of its land became a part of the "No-Man's Land" strip between the north-central West Bank and Israel. Currently Beit Sira's jurisdiction is 3,120 dunams, of which 441 dunams are built-up areas and the remainder is open spaces for future construction or agricultural land.[3]