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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- The villages of Bi'ina (below) and Deir al-Asad (above), 2025. There is no clear dividing line between the two villages.
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- Local council
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- 175/259 PAL
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- Northern
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- Crusaders and Caliphates
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- 19th century
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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.
==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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