Beit Hanoun

Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun is a destroyed and depopulated Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 52,237 in 2017.
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  • Type: Locality with 37,400 residents
  • Description: city in Gaza Strip
  • Also known as: “Bayt Hanun”, “Bayt Ḩanūn”, “Bayt Ḩānūn”, “Beit Hanoon”, and “Beit Hanoum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indonesian hospital and Nisanit.

Hospital
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Indonesia Hospital is a hospital located in , , . is situated 2½ km west of Beit Hanoun.

Ruins
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was the largest Israeli settlement in the northern tip of the in a mini-settlement bloc including and . While was under the municipal authority of the Hof Aza Regional Council it was not physically in the Gush Katif bloc where the bulk of the 'Gush Katif' settlements were located. is situated 3 km north of Beit Hanoun.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3 km southeast of Beit Hanoun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erez and Netiv HaAsara.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southwestern . Located just 1 kilometre north of the , it is the namesake of the nearby . The kibbutz was founded in 1949 and moved to its current location in 1950. is situated 4 km northeast of Beit Hanoun.

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 4 km north of Beit Hanoun.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern . Located near the western city of and the , and covering 11,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 949. is situated 4½ km southeast of Beit Hanoun.

Beit Hanoun

Latitude
31.5353° or 31° 32′ 7″ north
Longitude
34.53579° or 34° 32′ 9″ east
Population
37,400
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Open location code
8G3PGGPP+48
Geo­Names ID
281146
Wiki­data ID
Q74176
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Beit Hanoun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت حانون”
  • Arabic: “بيت حنون”
  • Asturian: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Basque: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Catalan: “Bait Hanun”
  • Catalan: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Cebuano: “Bayt Ḩānūn”
  • Central Kurdish: “بێت حانون”
  • Chinese: “拜特哈农”
  • Chinese: “拜特哈嫩”
  • Chinese: “貝特漢諾”
  • Czech: “Bajt Hánún”
  • Czech: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Danish: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Dutch: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت حانون”
  • Esperanto: “Bait Hanun”
  • Finnish: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Finnish: “Beit Hanun”
  • French: “Beit Hanoun”
  • German: “Bait Chanun”
  • German: “Bait Hanun”
  • German: “Beit Chanun”
  • German: “Beit Hanoun”
  • German: “Beit Hanun”
  • German: “Bet Hanun”
  • Greek: “Μπέιτ Χανούν”
  • Hausa: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Hebrew: “בית חאנון”
  • Hebrew: “בית חנון”
  • Hindi: “बैत हानून”
  • Indonesian: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Italian: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Italian: “Beit Hanun”
  • Italian: “Bethanoun”
  • Japanese: “ベイト・ハヌーン”
  • Korean: “베이트하눈”
  • Latvian: “Beit Hānūna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Norwegian: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Beit Hanoun”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bēahǣnūn”
  • Persian: “بیت حانون”
  • Persian: “بیت‌حانون”
  • Polish: “Bajt Hanun”
  • Polish: “Beit Hanun”
  • Polish: “Bejt Hanun”
  • Portuguese: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Ханун”
  • Scots: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Spanish: “Bait Hanun”
  • Spanish: “Beit Hanun”
  • Swedish: “Beit Hanun”
  • Turkish: “Beyt Hanun”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейт-Ханун”
  • Urdu: “بیت حانون”
  • Welsh: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Welsh: “Beit Hanun”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیت حانون”

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