Bi’ina
Bi'ina is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Acre. In 2003, Bi'ina merged with Majd al-Krum and Deir al-Asad to form the city of Shaghur, but was reinstated as a local council in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved.- Type: Town with 8,380 residents
- Description: local council in Israel’s Northern District, with Muslim Arab and Bedouin population
- Also known as: “Al Bi‘na”, “Al-Ba’ana”, “Al-Ba’ina”, “Al-Baana”, “Al-Baneh”, “Al-Bi’ina”, “al-Bi’na”, “Al-Bi’na”, “Al-Bi`na”, “Al-Binah”, “Bi‘na”, “Bi‘nah”, “Bi’ne”, “Biina”, “Bine”, “el-Baneh”, “El-Baneh”, “אל-בענה”, “ביענה”, and “بعنة”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Karmiel and Horvat Tefen.
Karmiel
Railway station
The Karmiel railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal in Karmiel, Israel.
Horvat Tefen
Archaeological site
Horvat Tefen or Qal'at et-Tufaniya, alternatively… Horvat Tefen is situated 3 km northwest of Bi’ina.
729 Mount Halutz
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deir al-Asad and Majd al-Krum.
Majd al-Krum
Village
Bi’ina
- Categories: local council in Israel and locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.92806° or 32° 55′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.27217° or 35° 16′ 20″ east
Population
8,380
Elevation
321 metres (1,053 feet)
Open location code
8G4QW7HC+6V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Bi’ina” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البعنة”
- Catalan: “Bi’ina”
- Czech: “Bi’ina”
- Dutch: “Bi’ina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البعنه”
- French: “Bi’ineh”
- French: “Bi’neh”
- French: “Bina”
- German: “Biʿina”
- Hebrew: “Al-Bi‘na”
- Hebrew: “Bi’ena”
- Hebrew: “Bi’na”
- Hebrew: “אל-ביענה”
- Hebrew: “בענה”
- Italian: “Bi’ina”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bi’ina”
- Polish: “Bi’ina”
- Polish: “Bina”
- Russian: “Бина”
- Turkish: “Bi’ina”
- Urdu: “بعنہ”
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Places to explore: Givat Ram and Ramat Navon (Har Karmi).
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Highlights: مقبرة دير الأسد and אבו בכר.
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