Beit Ta'mir

Beit Ta'mir
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicخربة بيت تعمر
Beit Ta'mir is located in State of Palestine
Beit Ta'mir
Beit Ta'mir
Location of Beit Ta'mir within Palestine
Beit Ta'mir is located in the West Bank
Beit Ta'mir
Beit Ta'mir
Location of Beit Ta'mir within the West Bank
Coordinates: 31°40′40″N 35°14′23″E / 31.67778°N 35.23972°E / 31.67778; 35.23972
Palestine grid172/120
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,596
Name meaningThe house of the T'amirah Arabs[2]

Beit Ta'mir (Arabic: خربة بيت تعمر) is a Palestinian village located six kilometers southeast of Bethlehem.The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,596 in 2017.[1] The village is named after the 'Arab al-Ta'mira Bedouin tribe of the Bethlehem area, and along with Za'atara, Hindaza, Tuqu', Khirbet al-Deir (today part of Tuqu'), Nuaman, Ubeidiya and al-Asakra forms the 'Arab al-Ta'mira village cluster.

  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. 287