Birzeit
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. Birzeit is home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery.
Birzeit | |
|---|---|
Municipality type C | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيرزيت |
Birzeit Location of Birzeit within Palestine Birzeit Location of Birzeit within the West Bank | |
| Coordinates: 31°58′20″N 35°11′44″E | |
| Palestine grid | 169/152 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Ibrahim Al-Sa'di |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,077 dunams (14.0 km2 or 5.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 788 m (2,585 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 5,878 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Well of [olive] oil" |
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