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Ramallah & al-Bireh Governorate

Bet El

Beit El or Beth El is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the . The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977–78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim.
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  • Type: Village with 6,500 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Beit El”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beit Midrash and Government Departments Complex.

Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beit El Yeshiva is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the region near in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the .

Public building
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Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine. Mukataas were mostly built during the British Mandate as Tegart forts and were used both as British government centers and as dwellings for the British administrative staff. is situated 3½ km south of Bet El.

Museum
Photo: Talmoryair, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km south of Bet El.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jalazone RC and Dura al-Qar’.

Village
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Jalazone is a Palestinian refugee camp in the , located 7 kilometers north of and adjacent to the village of to the north, to the east, Bir Zeit to the west and the Beit El Israeli settlement to the southeast.

Village
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Dura al-Qar' or Dura al-Qari'a is a Palestinian town in the central , part of the . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Dura al-Qar' had a population of 3,032 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, located northeast of in the northern .

Bet El

Latitude
31.94207° or 31° 56′ 32″ north
Longitude
35.22244° or 35° 13′ 21″ east
Population
6,500
Elevation
842 metres (2,762 feet)
Open location code
8G3QW6RC+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 353156244
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284278
Wiki­data ID
Q430939
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Bet El” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت إيل”
  • Catalan: “Bet El”
  • Chinese: “伯特利”
  • Chinese: “贝特埃勒”
  • Czech: “Bejt El”
  • Dutch: “Beit El”
  • Finnish: “Beit El”
  • French: “Beit El”
  • French: “Bet El”
  • Galician: “Beit El”
  • German: “Bet El”
  • Greek: “Μπέιτ Ελ”
  • Hebrew: “בית אל”
  • Hindi: “बेतेल”
  • Indonesian: “Beit El”
  • Italian: “Beit El”
  • Italian: “Bet El”
  • Japanese: “ベイト・エル”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beit El”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit El”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bet El”
  • Norwegian: “Beit El”
  • Persian: “بت ال”
  • Persian: “بیت ایل”
  • Polish: “Beit El”
  • Polish: “Bet El”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Эль”
  • Slovenian: “Bejt El”
  • Spanish: “Beit El”
  • Spanish: “Bet El”
  • Urdu: “بیت ایل”

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