Beit Jala

Beit Jala is a Palestinian Christian town in the of , in the . Beit Jala is located 10 km 10 km south of , on the western side of the road, opposite , at 825 meters altitude.
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  • Type: Town with 11,800 residents
  • Description: city in the State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Beit Dschala”, “Beit jala”, “Beit Jālā”, “Beit Jalla”, “Beit Yala”, “BeitJala”, “Bet Jala”, “Bet-jalla”, “بيت جالا، بيت لحم”, and “贝特雅拉”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Church of Saint Nicholas and Bethlehem University.

Church
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University
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is a Catholic university located…

Place of worship
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Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Har Gilo and Gilo.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in the …

Suburb
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is an Israeli settlement in south-western , with a population of 30,000.

Town
is a Palestinian area located in Beit Jala, two kilometers southwest of .

Beit Jala

Latitude
31.71552° or 31° 42′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.18737° or 35° 11′ 15″ east
Population
11,800
Elevation
792 metres (2,598 feet)
UN/LOCODE
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Open location code
8G3QP58P+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332791054
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
284324
Wiki­data ID
Q803984
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Beit Jala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت جالا”
  • Armenian: “Բեյթ Ջալա”
  • Asturian: “Beit Yala”
  • Basque: “Beit Jala”
  • Belarusian: “Бейт-Джала”
  • Catalan: “Beit Jala”
  • Cebuano: “Bayt Jālā”
  • Central Kurdish: “بێت جالا”
  • Chinese: “拜特賈拉”
  • Chinese: “拜特贾拉”
  • Czech: “Bajt Džalá”
  • Czech: “Bajt Džálá”
  • Dutch: “Beit Jala”
  • Finnish: “Beit Jala”
  • French: “Beit Jala”
  • German: “Bait Dschala”
  • Greek: “Μπέιτ Τζάλα”
  • Hebrew: “בית ג’אלא”
  • Hebrew: “בית ג’אלה”
  • Hindi: “बैत जाला”
  • Indonesian: “Beit Jala”
  • Italian: “Bayt Jala”
  • Italian: “Beit Jala”
  • Japanese: “ベイト・ジャラ”
  • Javanese: “Beit Jala”
  • Macedonian: “Бејт Џала”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beit Jala”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit Jala”
  • Norwegian: “Beit Jala”
  • Persian: “بیت جالا”
  • Polish: “Bajt Dżala”
  • Portuguese: “Bet-Jalla”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Джала”
  • Spanish: “Beit Jala”
  • Spanish: “Beit Yala”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейт-Джала”
  • Urdu: “بیت جالا”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیت جالہ”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Beit Jala Post office and Virgin Mary Church.

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