Beitunia | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | بيتونيا |
• Latin | Beituniya (official) Beatonia (unofficial) |
![]() View of the city from the west | |
Location of Beitunia within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°53′20″N 35°10′03″E / 31.88889°N 35.16750°E | |
Palestine grid | 166/143 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Head of Municipality | Ribhi Dola |
Area | |
• Municipality type B | 26,174 dunams (26.2 km2 or 10.1 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Municipality type B | 26,604 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
• Metro | 153,237 |
Name meaning | Beitunia, personal name[2] |
Website | www.beitunia.ps |
Beitunia (Arabic: بيتونيا), also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) west of Ramallah and 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) north of Jerusalem, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 26,604 in 2017,[1] making it the third largest locality in its governorate after al-Bireh and Ramallah.