Beit Lid

Beit Lid
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicبيت ليد
 • LatinBayt Lid (official)
Bayt Leed (unofficial)
School in Beit Lid
School in Beit Lid
Beit Lid is located in State of Palestine
Beit Lid
Beit Lid
Location of Beit Lid within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°15′40″N 35°07′48″E / 32.26111°N 35.13000°E / 32.26111; 35.13000
Palestine grid162/185
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTulkarm
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total16,753 dunams (16.8 km2 or 6.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total5,606
 • Density330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Name meaningThe 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]

  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. 180
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference census1922 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census1961 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).