Beit Fajjar

Beit Fajjar is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers south of in the , in the central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 13,520 in 2017.
Wikipedia
Photo: Tamer waleed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 13,400 residents
  • Description: municipality in Bethlehem Governorate
  • Also known as: “Bayt Fajjar”, “Beit Fajjār”, and “بيت فجار، بيت لحم”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Biar Aqueduct and Yeshivat Machanaim.

Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct… is situated 4 km north of Beit Fajjar.

School
Photo: איתמר אוחנה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a school, which is situated 3 km north of Beit Fajjar.

Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction, also known simply as Gush… is situated 3 km northwest of Beit Fajjar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Arroub Refugee Camp and Migdal Oz.

Village
Photo: Palestine Solidarity Project, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Al-Arroub is a Palestinian refugee camp in the…

Village
is an Israeli settlement and income-sharing community kibbutz in the .

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Beit Fajjar

Latitude
31.6232° or 31° 37′ 24″ north
Longitude
35.15387° or 35° 9′ 14″ east
Population
13,400
Elevation
963 metres (3,159 feet)
Open location code
8G3QJ5F3+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332956176
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
284341
Wiki­data 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”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Фадджар”
  • Spanish: “Beit Fajjar”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Migdal Oz and Umm Salamuna.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mosque and Beit Fajjar Women’s Association.

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Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.

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