Bir al-Basha
Bir al-Basha is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 15 km southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,307 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,725 by 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,730 residents
- Description: municipality type D in Jenin, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Bir al Basha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell Dothan.
Tell Dothan
Ruins
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Dothan is a location mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible. It has been identified with Tell Dothan, also known as Tell al-Hafireh, located adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bir al-Basha, and ten kilometers southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, near Dotan Junction of Route 60.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mirka and Arabah.
Mirka
Village
Mirka is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 12 km Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,203 by 2017. Mirka is situated 3 km south of Bir al-Basha.
Arabah
Town
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Arraba, also Arrabah, Arrabeh or Arrabet Jenin, is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 12 kilometers southwest of Jenin and has an elevation of 350 meters above sea level. Arabah is situated 3 km southwest of Bir al-Basha.
Kufeirit
Village
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Kufeirit is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 16 km west of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,446 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 3,068 by 2017. Kufeirit is situated 3½ km northwest of Bir al-Basha.
Bir al-Basha
- Category: locality
- Location: Jenin Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.42151° or 32° 25′ 17″ northLongitude
35.23044° or 35° 13′ 50″ eastPopulation
1,730Elevation
268 metres (879 feet)Open location code
8G4QC6CJ+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 8261295649OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
7895292Wikidata ID
Q12200560
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Bir al-Basha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بير الباشا”
- Catalan: “Bir al-Basha”
- Cebuano: “Bīr al Bāshā”
- Dutch: “Bir al-Basha”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بير الباشا”
- French: “Bir al-Basha”
- Hebrew: “ביר אל-באשא”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bir al-Basha”
- Polish: “Bir al-Basza”
- Uzbek: “Bir al-Basha”
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