Birzeit | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيرزيت |
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| Coordinates: 31°58′20″N 35°11′44″E / 31.97222°N 35.19556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 169/152 |
| State |  State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Ibrahim Al-Sa'di |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,077 dunams (14.0 km2 or 5.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 788 m (2,585 ft) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 5,878 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Well of [olive] oil"[3] |
Birzeit (Arabic: بيرزيت), also Bir Zeit, is a Palestinian Christian town north of Ramallah, in the West Bank. Its population in the 2017 census was 5,878.[2] Birzeit is home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery.
- ^ Bir Zeit Town Profile vprofile.arij.org, Archived 2014-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ 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. 227