Beit Fajjar | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت فجّار |
| • Latin | Bayt Fajjar (official) Beit Fujar (unofficial) |
 Minaret in Beit Fajjar | |
  Beit Fajjar Location of Beit Fajjar within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′29″N 35°09′20″E / 31.62472°N 35.15556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 164/114 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Umar Abdel Aziz Taqatqa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,933 dunams (7.9 km2 or 3.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 13,520 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Relating to Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb[2] |
Beit Fajjar (Arabic: بيت فجّار) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers south of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 13,520 in 2017.[1]
Beit Fajjar was founded in the 18th century.[3]
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem, 2010, p. 5 [1]
- ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 366