Beita | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيتا |
| • Latin | Bayta (official) |
 Beita | |
  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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 226
- ^ Beita Municipality: Beita Town
- ^ Beita Municipality: Municipality
- ^ Beita Municipality: Public Foundations Archived 2007-10-24 at the Wayback Machine Beita Municipality.
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