Beit Imrin
Beit Imrin (Arabic: بيت امرين, transliterated as "House of Princes") is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 2,821 inhabitants in 2007 and 3,323 by 2017.
Beit Imrin | |
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Municipality type D (Village council) | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت امرين |
| • Latin | Beit Imrin (official) Bayt Umrin (unofficial) |
Beit Imrin, from the west | |
Beit Imrin Location of Beit Imrin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′32″N 35°12′56″E | |
| Palestine grid | 170/188 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council (from 1966) |
| • Head of Municipality | Basheer Samarah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,100 dunams (12.1 km2 or 4.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 3,323 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "House of Princes", "The House of Imrin" |
Beit Imrin is an agricultural village with the main products being pulses, grains, vegetables, olives, grapes, almonds and figs. There is a girls' primary school and a boys' secondary school in the village. Other public facilities include a health clinic, telephone and postal services.
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