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Bethlehem Governorate

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 Jālā” and “Beit Yala”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Nicholas and Tomb of Rachel.

Church
Photo: SalibaQ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Museum
The is a natural history museum in , West Bank, . Founded in 2013, it opened to the public in 2017.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Har Gilo and Gilo.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Israeli settlement in the , organized as a community settlement, located about 2 kilometers west of the Palestinian city of and 5 kilometers south of , in the northern Judean hills.

Suburb
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement in south-western , with a population of 30,000. Although it is located within the , it is widely considered a settlement, because as one of the five Ring Neighborhoods built by Israel…

Town
is a Palestinian area located in Beit Jala, two kilometers southwest of . Originally a part of Beit Jala, in 1977 the mayor of Beit Jala made an official trip to where he was endowed with a sum of money to develop the town's infrastructure.

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)
United Nations Location Code
PS BJA
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، بيت لحم”
  • 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”
  • Chinese: “贝特雅拉”
  • Czech: “Bajt Džalá”
  • Czech: “Bajt Džálá”
  • Dutch: “Beit Jala”
  • Finnish: “Beit Jala”
  • French: “Beit Jala”
  • German: “Bait Dschala”
  • German: “Beit Dschala”
  • German: “Beit Jala”
  • German: “Beit Jalla”
  • German: “Bet Jala”
  • Greek: “Μπέιτ Τζάλα”
  • Hebrew: “בית ג’אלא”
  • Hebrew: “בית ג’אלה”
  • Indonesian: “Beit Jala”
  • Italian: “Bayt Jala”
  • Italian: “Beit Jala”
  • Italian: “BeitJala”
  • 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: “Beit jala”
  • Portuguese: “Beit Jala”
  • Portuguese: “Bet-jalla”
  • Portuguese: “Bet-Jalla”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Джала”
  • Spanish: “Beit Jala”
  • Spanish: “Beit Yala”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейт-Джала”
  • Urdu: “بیت جالا”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیت جالہ”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beit Jala Post office and Virgin Mary Church.

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