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Ramallah & al-Bireh Governorate

Biteen

Beitin is a Palestinian village in the in the central , located 5 kilometers northeast of along the Ramallah-Nablus road.
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  • Type: Village with 2,240 residents
  • Description: Palestinian town
  • Also known as: “Baytin”, “Baytīn”, “Beitin”, “Beitîn”, “Betel”, “Beth-el”, “Bethel”, and “Bitayn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burj Beitin and Government Departments Complex.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0.
is an archaeological site.

Public building
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Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine. Mukataas were mostly built during the British Mandate as Tegart forts and were used both as British government centers and as dwellings for the British administrative staff. is situated 3½ km southwest of Biteen.

Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beit El Yeshiva is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of , a community in the region near in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the . is situated 2½ km northwest of Biteen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giv’at Asaf and Bet El.

Hamlet
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giv'at Asaf is an Israeli outpost in the . Located 3.5 kilometres from the settlement of , it falls under the jurisdiction of the .

Village
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Beit El or Beth El is an Israeli settlement and local council located in the Binyamin Region of the . The Orthodox Jewish town was settled in 1977–78 by the ultranationalist group Gush Emunim.

Village
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is a Palestinian town in the in the central . It is located approximately 7 km northeast of the city of and its elevation is 800 m. is situated 3 km north of Biteen.

Biteen

Latitude
31.92586° or 31° 55′ 33″ north
Longitude
35.23977° or 35° 14′ 23″ east
Population
2,240
Open location code
8G3QW6GQ+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332977009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2898916
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Biteen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بتين”
  • Arabic: “بيتين”
  • Arabic: “بَيتين”
  • Bengali: “বেইতিন, ফিলিস্তিন”
  • Bulgarian: “Бейтин”
  • Catalan: “Beitin”
  • Dutch: “Beitin”
  • French: “Beitin”
  • German: “Beitin (Westjordanland)”
  • German: “Beitin”
  • Hebrew: “ביתין”
  • Indonesian: “Beitin”
  • Irish: “Beitin”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beitin”
  • Polish: “Bajtin”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Biteen Youth Club and Biteen New Mosque.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Biteen”. Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.