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Birzeit
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicبيرزيت
Birzeit is located in State of Palestine
Birzeit
Birzeit
Location of Birzeit within Palestine
Birzeit is located in the West Bank
Birzeit
Birzeit
Location of Birzeit within the West Bank
Coordinates: 31°58′20″N 35°11′44″E / 31.97222°N 35.19556°E / 31.97222; 35.19556
Palestine grid169/152
StateBirzeit State of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityIbrahim Al-Sa'di
Area
 • Total14,077 dunams (14.0 km2 or 5.4 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
788 m (2,585 ft)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total5,878
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Name meaning"Well of [olive] oil"[3]

Birzeit (Arabic: بيرزيت), also Bir Zeit, is a Palestinian Christian town north of Ramallah, in the central West Bank, in the State of Palestine. Its population in the 2017 census was 5,878.[2] Birzeit is home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery.

  1. ^ Bir Zeit Town Profile vprofile.arij.org, Archived 2014-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, ARIJ, p. 4
  2. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 227

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