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: “Bait Chanun”, “Bayt Hanun”, “Bayt Ḩanūn”, “Beit Chanun”, “Beit Hanoon”, “Beit Hanoum”, “Bejt Hanun”, “Bet Hanun”, “Bethanoun”, “בית חנון”, “拜特哈农”, and “貝特漢諾”

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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… is situated 3 km north of Beit Hanoun.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Lironmarch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 . is situated 4 km northeast of Beit Hanoun.

Village
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is a moshav in southern . is situated 4 km north of Beit Hanoun.

Village
Photo: Rikmal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in southern . 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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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: “拜特哈嫩”
  • Czech: “Bajt Hánún”
  • Danish: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Dutch: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت حانون”
  • Esperanto: “Bait Hanun”
  • Finnish: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Finnish: “Beit Hanun”
  • French: “Beit Hanoun”
  • German: “Beit Hanun”
  • Greek: “Μπέιτ Χανούν”
  • Hausa: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Hebrew: “בית חאנון”
  • Hindi: “बैत हानून”
  • Indonesian: “Beit Hanoun”
  • Italian: “Beit Hanun”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیت حانون”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: ‘Izbat Bayt Ḩanūn and Erez.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tall al Khirbah and Erez Crossing.

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