Beit Ijza

Beit Ijza
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicبيت إجزا
 • LatinBayt Ijza (official)
View of Beit Ijza, 2012
View of Beit Ijza, 2012
Beit Ijza is located in State of Palestine
Beit Ijza
Beit Ijza
Location of Beit Ijza within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°50′51″N 35°9′9″E / 31.84750°N 35.15250°E / 31.84750; 35.15250
Palestine grid164/139
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeLocal Development Committee
Elevation811 m (2,661 ft)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total
854
Postcode
P115 [3]
Name meaningBeit Izza, the house of Izza, from personal name [4]

Beit Ijza (Arabic: بيت إجزا, also spelled Bayt Ijza); is a village in the Jerusalem Governorate in the central West Bank with an area of 2,526 dunams. Located approximately six miles north of Jerusalem, it had a population of 698 in 2007 and 854 by 2017.[2][5]

  1. ^ Beit Ijza village profile, ARIJ, 2012, p. 4
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "وزارة الاتصالات-PostalCodes". Palestine Ministry of Telecom & Information Technology. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  4. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 286
  5. ^ Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). 2008. Retrieved on 2012-02-27.