Beit Einun
Beit Einun or Bayt 'Anun is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, located five kilometers northeast of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,928 inhabitants in 2017.- Type: Suburb with 1,780 residents
- Description: village council in Hebron Governorate
- Also known as: “Bayt ‘Inun”, “Bayt ‘Īnūn”, “Beit E’inun”, “Khirbat Bayt ‘Ānūn”, “Khirbat Bayt ‘Aynūn”, and “Khirbat Beit ‘Anun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Mount Nabi Yunis.
Cave of the Patriarchs
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem. Cave of the Patriarchs is situated 4 km south of Beit Einun.
Mount Nabi Yunis
Peak
Photo: Aseel zm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nabi Yunis is the highest point of the Judean Mountains and the southern portion of the West Bank, with an altitude of 1,030 metres. It is located in the town of Halhul, Hebron Governorate.
Al Bowereh
Residential area
Al Bowereh or Al-Bweireh, also known as Aqabat Injeleh, is a Palestinian village located just east of Hebron. It is situated adjacent to and north of the Israeli settlement of Givat Harsina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ad-Duwwara and Halhul.
Ad-Duwwara
Village
ad-Duwwara is a Palestinian village located four kilometers east of Hebron.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,685 in mid-year 2006.
Halhul
Town
Photo: Shatret, Public domain.
Halhul is a Palestinian city located in the southern part of the West Bank, 5 kilometres north of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine. The town, bordered by Sa'ir and al-Shuyukh to the east, Beit Ummar and al-Arroub refugee camp to the north, and Kharas and Nuba westwards, is located 916 m above sea level, and is the highest inhabited place in the State of Palestine. Halhul is situated 3 km northwest of Beit Einun.
Al-Shuyukh
Town
Photo: Jihad1335, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ash-Shuyukh or al-Shuyukh is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 6 km northeast of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ash-Shuyukh had a population of 12,052 in 2017. Al-Shuyukh is situated 3 km northeast of Beit Einun.
Beit Einun
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.55868° or 31° 33′ 31″ northLongitude
35.12435° or 35° 7′ 28″ eastPopulation
1,780Elevation
967 metres (3,173 feet)Open location code
8G3QH45F+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4213982442OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7890813Wikidata ID
Q4881428
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Beit Einun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيت عينون”
- Catalan: “Beit Einun”
- Cebuano: “Bayt ‘Īnūn”
- Dutch: “Bayt ‘Īnūn”
- Dutch: “Beit Einun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بيت عينون”
- French: “Beit Anour”
- French: “Beit Einun”
- Hebrew: “בית אנור”
- Hebrew: “בית ענון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beit Einun”
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