Beitunia
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Beitunia (), also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located west of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 26,604 in 2017, making it the third largest locality in its governorate after al-Bireh and Ramallah.
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- Locality
- رام الله
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 12,822
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Beitunia
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Beituniya (official)Beatonia (unofficial)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type B
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Beitunia-Sperranlage.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the city from the west
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Beitunia_Logo.gif
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Municipal Seal of Beitunia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Beitunia within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 166/143
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ramallah and al-Bireh
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5000
- Area
- 26.2
- Elevation
- 781
- Official website
- www.beitunia.ps/index.php?id=home
- Image
- بتونيا 2024.jpg
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Crusader period
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- Jordanian period
- Post-1967
- Second Intifada: Israeli West Bank barrier, killings
- Killings after the Second Intifada
- Salah ad-Din Mosque
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Beitunia (), also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located west of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 26,604 in 2017, making it the third largest locality in its governorate after al-Bireh and Ramallah.
==History== Potsherds from the Byzantine, Mamluk and early Ottoman period have been found. A 1982 survey found two pillars and remnants of an olive press, along with another pillar located in one of the courtyards. The Mandatory DOA documented a medieval structure in ruins, characterized by vaults, alongside a white mosaic floor, a damaged pillar, a winepress, a rock-cut reservoir, and burial caves. (In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine mentioned that "[t]o the east are cisterns, wine-preses, and a pond (el-Balûā), which contains water in winter. On the north and east are rock-cut tombs with well-cut entrances, but blocked up.").
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