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Beitunia | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيتونيا |
| • Latin | Beituniya (official) Beatonia (unofficial) |
 View of the city from the west | |
 Municipal Seal of Beitunia | |
  Beitunia 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 287