Beit Lahia

Beit Lahia or Beit Lahiya is a city in the , north of , in the of the State of Palestine. It sits next to and close to the border with Israel.
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  • Type: Locality with 56,900 residents
  • Description: city located in the Gaza Strip
  • Also known as: “Bayt Lahiya”, “Bayt Lāhiya”, “Bayt Lāhiyah”, “Bayt Lahya”, “Beit Lāhiya”, and “Beit Lahya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indonesian hospital and Dugit.

Hospital
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Indonesia Hospital is a hospital located in Bait Lahia, , .

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement located in the northern tip of the closest to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in a mini-settlement bloc including and .

Mosque
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is a mosque, which is situated 3½ km west of Beit Lahia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jabalia and Al-Shati Refugee Camp.

Town
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, also spelled Jabalya, is a city in the , , located 4 kilometers north of , in the of the .

Suburb
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Al-Shati, also known as Shati or Beach camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp along the Mediterranean Sea, located in within Gaza Governorate in the northern part of . is situated 4½ km west of Beit Lahia.

Village
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is a moshav in southern . Located in the north-west , just at the northern border with the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. is situated 5 km northeast of Beit Lahia.

Beit Lahia

Latitude
31.5464° or 31° 32′ 47″ north
Longitude
34.4951° or 34° 29′ 43″ east
Population
56,900
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8G3PGFWW+H3
Geo­Names ID
281145
Wiki­data ID
Q803986
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Panjabi—“Beit Lahia” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βηθελία”
  • Arabic: “بيت لاهيا”
  • Arabic: “بيت لاهية”
  • Asturian: “Beit Lahia”
  • Basque: “Beit Lahia”
  • Basque: “Beit Lahiya”
  • Catalan: “Beit Lahia”
  • Cebuano: “Bayt Lāhyā”
  • Central Kurdish: “بێت لاھیا”
  • Chinese: “拜特拉希亞”
  • Chinese: “拜特拉希耶”
  • Chinese: “拜特拉西亞”
  • Chinese: “貝特拉希亞”
  • Chinese: “貝特拉西亞”
  • Czech: “Bajt Lahíja”
  • Czech: “Bajt Láhíja”
  • Dutch: “Beit Lahiya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت لاهيا”
  • Esperanto: “Bajt Lahija”
  • Finnish: “Beit Lahia”
  • French: “Beit Lahia”
  • French: “Beit Lahiya”
  • German: “Bait Lahia”
  • German: “Bait Lahiya”
  • German: “Beit Lahia”
  • German: “Beit Lahija”
  • German: “Beit Lahiya”
  • Greek: “Μπέιτ Λαχία”
  • Greek: “Μπέιτ Λάχια”
  • Hebrew: “בית לאהיא”
  • Hebrew: “בית לאהיה”
  • Hebrew: “בית להיא”
  • Hebrew: “בית להיה”
  • Hindi: “बैत लाहिया”
  • Indonesian: “Beit Lahia”
  • Italian: “Beit Lahia”
  • Japanese: “ベイト・ラーヒヤー”
  • Japanese: “ベイト・ラヒア”
  • Japanese: “ベイトゥ・ラヒア”
  • Korean: “베이트라히아”
  • Latin: “Bethelia”
  • Latvian: “Beit Lāhija”
  • Minangkabau: “Beit Lahiya”
  • North Levantine Arabic: “بيت لاهيا”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beit Lahiya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit Lahia”
  • Norwegian: “Beit Lahia”
  • Norwegian: “Beit Lahiya”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bēalǣhiga”
  • Persian: “بیت لاهیا”
  • Persian: “بیت لاهیة”
  • Persian: “بیت لاهیه”
  • Persian: “بیت‌لاهیا”
  • Polish: “Bajt Lahija”
  • Polish: “Beit Lahia”
  • Portuguese: “Beit Lahia”
  • Portuguese: “Beit Lahiya”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Лахия”
  • Scots: “Beit Lahia”
  • Slovenian: “Beit Lahia”
  • Spanish: “Beit Lahia”
  • Turkish: “Beyt Lahya”
  • Urdu: “بیت لاہیا”
  • Welsh: “Beit Lahia”
  • Welsh: “Beit Lahiya”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیت لاہیا”

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