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Bethlehem Governorate

Beitar Illit

Beitar Illit is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the settlement bloc, ten kilometres southwest of in the .
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  • Type: Town with 59,000 residents
  • Description: city in The West Bank
  • Also known as: “Battir”, “Beitar Elit”, “Beitar Ilit”, “Betar”, and “Betar Ilit”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Qabu and Mitzpor HaElef.

Ruins
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was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Beitar Illit.

Archaeological site
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Khirbet Jamjum is an archaeological site located in the western Hebron Hills of the modern-day . The settlement occupies the summit and southern saddle of a prominent limestone ridge. is situated 3½ km south of Beitar Illit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gush Etzion and Battir.

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is a group of Israeli settlements in the between and , about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.

Village
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is a Palestinian village in the of the State of Palestine, in the , 6.4 km west of , and southwest of . is situated 3½ km northeast of Beitar Illit.

Village
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is a town located in the Jerusalem Corridor, located 12 kilometres southwest of , at an altitude of 755 meters above sea level, located on Route 375 west of Beitar Illit, about one kilometer west of the Green Line, adjacent to the Palestinian village of .

Beitar Illit

Latitude
31.6989° or 31° 41′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.1137° or 35° 6′ 49″ east
Population
59,000
Elevation
675 metres (2,215 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM4X7+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415000885
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
284375
Wiki­data ID
Q152578
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Beitar Illit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيتار إليت”
  • Arabic: “بيتار عيليت”
  • Armenian: “Բեյթար-Իլիթ”
  • Basque: “Beitar Ilit”
  • Basque: “Beitar Illit”
  • Catalan: “Beitar Il·lit”
  • Chinese: “上貝塔爾”
  • Chinese: “上贝塔尔”
  • Czech: “Beitar Illit”
  • Czech: “Bejtar Ilit”
  • Czech: “Bejtar Illit”
  • Dutch: “Beitar Illit”
  • Dutch: “Betar Illit”
  • Esperanto: “Bejtar Illit”
  • Finnish: “Betar Illit”
  • French: “Betar Illit”
  • Georgian: “ბეთარ-ილითი”
  • German: “Beitar Illit”
  • German: “Betar Illit”
  • Greek: “Μπεϊτάρ Ιλίτ”
  • Hebrew: “ביתר עילית”
  • Hebrew: “ביתר עלית”
  • Hindi: “बैतार इलिट”
  • Hungarian: “Beitar Illit”
  • Indonesian: “Beitar Illit”
  • Italian: “Beitar Illit”
  • Italian: “Betar Illit”
  • Japanese: “ベイタル・イリット”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beitar Illit”
  • Persian: “بتار ایلیت”
  • Persian: “بیتار ایلیت”
  • Persian: “بیتار عیلیت”
  • Persian: “بیتارایلیت”
  • Polish: “Beitar Illit”
  • Polish: “Betar Illit”
  • Portuguese: “Beitar Illit”
  • Russian: “Бейтар-Илит”
  • Spanish: “Beitar Illit”
  • Tagalog: “Betar Illit”
  • Ukrainian: “Бейтар-Іліт”
  • Urdu: “بیتار عیلیت”
  • Vietnamese: “Beitar Illit”
  • Yiddish: “ביתר עילית”
  • Yiddish: “ביתר עלית”
  • Yiddish: “ביתר”

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Notable Places Nearby

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