Bi'ina
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'''Bi'ina' (alternatively transliterated as al-Bi'neh, al-Ba'ina, al-Ba'ana and el-Baneh'') () is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Acre. 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%); in its population was . In 2022, 92.6% of the population was Muslim and 7.4% was Christian.
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Vinony's link graph records 234 inbound references to Bi'ina, and connects out to Bronze Age, Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener and dunam.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IL, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Arab Christian communities in Israel, Arab localities in Israel and Local councils in Northern District (Israel).
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bi'ina
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 124451 the town of baana in the beit hakerem valley PikiWiki Israel.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The villages of Bi'ina (below) and Deir al-Asad (above), 2025. There is no clear dividing line between the two villages.
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northwest#Israel
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.grid_name
- Grid position
- Settlement.grid_position
- 175/259 PAL
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northern
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- البعنة
- Population
- 8537
- Area
- 6
- Elevation
- 260
- Official website
- he-il.facebook.com/bina.localcouncil
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- native label
- البعنة
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Classical antiquity
- Crusaders and Caliphates
- Ottoman Empire
- 16th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
- British Mandate
- Israel
- Notable people
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Notes
- External links
'''Bi'ina' (alternatively transliterated as al-Bi'neh, al-Ba'ina, al-Ba'ana and el-Baneh'') () is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Acre. 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%); in its population was . In 2022, 92.6% of the population was Muslim and 7.4% was Christian.
==Geography== Bi'ina is built on a round hilltop on the north side of the Beit HaKerem Valley ( in Arabic), from which it is separated by a saddle. Adjoining Bi'ina, on the slopes immediately north of the village, is the twin village of Deir al-Asad. Both villages were historically served by the same spring, which separated the villages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bi'ina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations
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