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Beit Ijza

Beit Ijza; is a village in the Jerusalem Governorate in the central with an area of 2,526 dunams. Located approximately six miles north of , it had a population of 698 in 2007 and 854 by 2017.
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  • Type: Village with 854 residents
  • Description: Palestinian locality in Jerusalem Governorate
  • Also known as: “Bait Ijza”, “Bayt Ijza”, “Beit Igza”, and “Beyt Ijza”
  • Postal code: P115

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Cleophas Church and Tomb of Samuel.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The or St. Cleopas Church also called Emmaus Church or the Basilica of St. Cleophas, is a Franciscan Catholic church located in the Palestinian village of in the .

Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The , commonly known as Nebi Samuel or Nebi Samwil, is the traditional burial site of the biblical prophet Samuel, atop a steep hill at an elevation of 908 m above sea level, in the Palestinian village of , in the . is situated 3 km southeast of Beit Ijza.

Prison
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Ofer Prison, formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385, is an Israeli military incarceration facility in the Israeli-occupied , between and . is situated 4 km northeast of Beit Ijza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giv’on HaHadasha and Biddu.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giv'on HaHadashah is an Israel settlement in the , built over land expropriated from the neighboring Palestinian villages of , Beit Ijza, and .

Town
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers northwest of in the . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 8,231 in 2017.

Village
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian town in the of , located 2 kilometers northwest of in the central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017, the village had a population of 3,876.

Beit Ijza

Latitude
31.84797° or 31° 50′ 53″ north
Longitude
35.15156° or 35° 9′ 6″ east
Population
854
Elevation
821 metres (2,694 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR5X2+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432296833
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284332
Wiki­data ID
Q4881447
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Beit Ijza” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت إجزا”
  • Arabic: “بيت اجزا”
  • Catalan: “Beit Ijza”
  • Cebuano: “Bayt Ijzā”
  • Czech: “Bajt Adžzá”
  • Dutch: “Beit Ijza”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيت اجزا”
  • French: “Beit Ijza”
  • Hebrew: “בית אג’זא”
  • Hebrew: “בית איג’זא”
  • Persian: “بیت اجزا”
  • Spanish: “Bayt Ijza”
  • Spanish: “Beit Ijza”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Beit Ijza Mosque and Fatima Al-Zahra Mosque.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Beit Ijza”. Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.