Beit Fajjar
Beit Fajjar is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers south of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 13,520 in 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tamer waleed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 13,400 residents
- Description: municipality in Bethlehem Governorate
- Also known as: “Bayt Fajjar” and “Beit Fajjār”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biar Aqueduct and Yeshivat Machanaim.
Biar Aqueduct
Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Biar Aqueduct, or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of Jerusalem, that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system. Biar Aqueduct is situated 4 km north of Beit Fajjar.
Yeshivat Machanaim
School
Photo: איתמר אוחנה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeshivat Machanaim is a school, which is situated 3 km north of Beit Fajjar.
Gush Etsyon Junction
Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction, also known simply as Gush Junction, is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern West Bank, which serves as the entry point to the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements. Gush Etsyon Junction is situated 3 km northwest of Beit Fajjar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Arroub Refugee Camp and Migdal Oz.
Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
Village
Photo: Palestine Solidarity Project, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Al-Arroub is a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, located adjacent to the towns of Shuyukh al-Arrub and Halhul and along Highway 60 in the Hebron Governorate, Palestine.
Migdal Oz
Village
Migdal Oz is an Israeli settlement and income-sharing community kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in the historic Etzion bloc 7.4 km from the Green Line and west of the Israeli West Bank barrier, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.
Beit Fajjar
- Category: locality
- Location: Bethlehem Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.6232° or 31° 37′ 24″ northLongitude
35.15387° or 35° 9′ 14″ eastPopulation
13,400Elevation
963 metres (3,159 feet)Open location code
8G3QJ5F3+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 332956176OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
284341Wikidata ID
Q4881435
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Beit Fajjar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيت فجار”
- Asturian: “Beit Fajjar”
- Catalan: “Beit Fajjar”
- Cebuano: “Bayt Fajjār”
- Dutch: “Beit Fajjar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيت فجار”
- French: “Beit Fajjar”
- Hebrew: “בית פג’אר”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit Fajjar”
- Polish: “Bajt Fadżdżar”
- Spanish: “Beit Fajjar”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Migdal Oz and Umm Salamuna.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mosque and Beit Fajjar Women’s Association.
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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 Fajjar”. Photo: Tamer waleed, CC BY-SA 3.0.