Bi'ina

Bi'ina
  • בענה‎
  • بعنة
Local council
Bi'ina is located in Northwest Israel
Bi'ina
Bi'ina
Bi'ina is located in Israel
Bi'ina
Bi'ina
Coordinates: 32°55′46″N 35°16′22″E / 32.92944°N 35.27278°E / 32.92944; 35.27278
Grid position175/259 PAL
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
8,629

Bi'ina or al-Bi'na[2] (also el-Baneh) (Arabic: البعنة) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Akko. In 2003, Bi'ina merged with Majd al-Krum and Deir al-Asad to form the city of Shaghur, but was reinstated as a local council in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved. Bi'ina has a mostly Muslim population (92%) with a small Christian minority (8%);[3] in 2022 its population was 8,629.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ from personal name, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 41
  3. ^ בענה 2014