Beita | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | بيتا |
• Latin | Bayta (official) |
![]() Beita | |
Location of Beita within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°08′37″N 35°17′15″E / 32.14361°N 35.28750°E | |
Palestine grid | 177/172 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Nablus |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality (from 1996) |
• Head of Municipality | Arab ash-Shurafa |
Area | |
• Total | 76,000 dunams (76.0 km2 or 29.3 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 11,682 |
• Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
Name meaning | Beit, "a house"[2] |
Beita (Arabic: بيتا, translation: "Home") is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 11,682 in 2017.[1] It consists of five clans which branch out to thirty families. There are many houses dating back to the Roman era.[3] The current mayor, elected in 2004 is Arab ash-Shurafa.[4]
The town contains four mosques and three clinics.[5] Since 1967, under the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, more than 77 Beita villagers have been shot dead by Israeli forces, many during protests,[6] 7 were killed between May and September 2021 during the suppression of demonstrations against the establishment of an Israeli outpost on Beita lands.[7]
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