Birzeit
Birzeit, also Bir Zeit, is a Palestinian Christian town north of Ramallah, in the West Bank. Its population in the 2017 census was 5,878. Birzeit is home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery.
- Village with about 4,530 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 820 metres (2,670 feet)
- Description: Palestinian town north of Ramallah
- Also known as“Az Zayt”“Bi’r az Zayt”“Bi’r Zayt”“Bir Ziet”
Places of Interest
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The Palestinian Museum
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Places in the Area
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Birzeit
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Latitude
31.9703° or 31° 58′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.19527° or 35° 11′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G3QX5CW+44
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Birzeit” goes by many names.
بيرزيتArabic
BirzeitAsturian
Bir ZeitBasque
Bir ZeitCatalan
Bīr ZaytCebuano
比尔宰特Chinese
比爾宰特Chinese
Bir ZeitDutch
بيرزيتEgyptian Arabic
Bir ZeitEsperanto
Bir ZeitFinnish
ביר זיתHebrew
BirzeitIndonesian
Bir ZeitItalian
ビール・ゼートJapanese
ビルゼイトJapanese
Bir ZeitNorwegian
Bir ZeitNorwegian Bokmål
Bir ZeitNorwegian Nynorsk
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