Palestine
West Bank
Ramallah & al-Bireh Governorate

Al-Bireh

Al-Bireh, al-Birah, or el-Bira is a city in the central , 15 kilometers north of . It is the capital of the of the State of Palestine.
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  • Type: Town with 38,200 residents
  • Description: City in the West Bank, State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Al Bira”, “Al Birah”, “Al Bīrah”, “Albireh”, “Be-ērot”, “Be-ēroth”, “Bīra”, “Bīrah”, “Bīre”, and “El Bīra”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque and Al-Kasaba.

Mosque
Photo: Abutoum, Public domain.
Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is the largest in al-Bireh, , . Located in the Downtown district of the city, the mosque is named after the late president and Arab leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Theater building
Photo: Djex93, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Theatre and Cinematheque is a cinema in the city of , , . It was established in 1970 during Israeli occupation for playwrights and eventually began presenting films.

Square
Photo: AmeenSaeb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a located in , , . It has been called "one of Palestine’s renowned public spaces."…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Psagot and Ramallah.

Village
Photo: Ramallite, Public domain.
is an Israeli settlement in the , located on Tawil hill, adjacent to the Palestinian cities of and al-Bireh. Established in 1981, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of , with the council's headquarters located there.

Photo: GuillaumeG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Ram Allah is a small city in the region of the Palestinian Territories, located 15 km north of . Since the inception of the Palestinian National Authority, has acted as the de facto capital city of the Palestinian administration.

Suburb
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kafr 'Aqab is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in . It is part of the area annexed and included in municipal Jerusalem following its occupation by Israel in 1967. is situated 3 km south of Al-Bireh.

Al-Bireh

Latitude
31.90074° or 31° 54′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.21176° or 35° 12′ 42″ east
Population
38,200
Elevation
852 metres (2,795 feet)
Open location code
8G3QW626+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432288078
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
285108
Wiki­data ID
Q311326
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Al-Bireh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البيرة”
  • Arabic: “البيره”
  • Aragonese: “Al-Bireh”
  • Asturian: “Al-Bireh”
  • Basque: “Al-Bireh”
  • Catalan: “Al-Bireh”
  • Cebuano: “Al Bīrah”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلبیرە”
  • Chinese: “比勒赫”
  • Chinese: “比雷赫”
  • Chinese: “阿尔·比雷”
  • Czech: “al-Bíra”
  • Czech: “Al-Bíra”
  • Danish: “Al-Bireh”
  • Dutch: “Al-Bireh”
  • Dutch: “El-Bireh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البيره”
  • Esperanto: “Al-Bireh”
  • Finnish: “Al-Bireh”
  • French: “Al-Bireh”
  • Galician: “Al-Bira, Palestina”
  • Galician: “Al-Bira”
  • Galician: “Al-Bireh”
  • German: “Al-Bira”
  • German: “Al-Bireh”
  • Greek: “Αλ-Μπίρα”
  • Hebrew: “אל בירה”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בירה”
  • Icelandic: “Al-Bireh”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Bireh”
  • Italian: “Al-Bireh”
  • Japanese: “アル・ビレ”
  • Japanese: “アル＝ビーレ”
  • Korean: “알 비레”
  • Korean: “알비레”
  • Lithuanian: “Bira”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Bireh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Bireh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El-Bira”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Bireh”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Bireh”
  • Persian: “البیرة”
  • Persian: “البیره”
  • Polish: “Al-Bira”
  • Polish: “Al-Bireh”
  • Polish: “El-Bira”
  • Russian: “аль-Бира”
  • Russian: “Аль-Бира”
  • Russian: “эль-Бира”
  • Russian: “Эль-Бира”
  • Scots: “Al-Bireh”
  • Slovenian: “Al Bireh”
  • Spanish: “Al Bireh”
  • Swedish: “Al-Bireh”
  • Turkish: “El Bireh”
  • Ukrainian: “Аль-Біра”
  • Urdu: “البیرہ”
  • Welsh: “Al Bireh”
  • Welsh: “Al-Bireh”
  • Welsh: “El-Bira”
  • Western Frisian: “Al-Bireh”
  • Western Panjabi: “البیرہ”
  • Zeeuws: “Al-Bireh”

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