Beit Ummar
Beit Ummar (Arabic: بيت اُمّر) is a Palestinian town located eleven kilometers northwest of Hebron in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2017, the town had a population of 16,977 inhabitants. Over 4,800 residents of the town are under the age of 18. Since the Second Intifada, unemployment ranges between 60 and 80 percent due mostly to the inability of residents to work in Israel and a depression in the Palestinian economy. A part of the city straddles Road 60 and due to this, several propositions of house demolition have occurred.
Beit Ummar | |
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Municipality type B | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت اُمّر |
| • Latin | Bayt Ummar (official) Beit Omar (unofficial) |
Beit Ummar, in 2011 | |
Beit Ummar Location of Beit Ummar within Palestinian autonomy | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′17″N 35°06′08″E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/114 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Nasri Sabarna |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 16,977 |
| Name meaning | "House of Ummar" |
Beit Ummar is mostly agricultural and is noted for its many grape vines. This has a major aspect on their culinary tradition of stuffed grape leaves known as waraq al-'inib and a grape syrup called dibs. Beit Ummar also has cherry, plum, apple and olive orchards.