Beit Sira
| Beit Sira | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت سيرا |
| • Also spelled | Bayt Sira (official) |
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View of Beit Sira | |
  Beit Sira Location of Beit Sira within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′14.71″N 35°02′38.73″E / 31.8874194°N 35.0440917°ECoordinates: 31°53′14.71″N 35°02′38.73″E / 31.8874194°N 35.0440917°E | |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,120 dunams (3.1 km2 or 1.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,749 |
Beit Sira (Arabic: بيت سيرا) is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The village is situated along the Green Line and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, around 4,000 dunams of its land became a part of the "No-Man's Land" strip between the north-central West Bank and Israel. Currently Beit Sira's jurisdiction is 3,120 dunams, of which 441 dunams are built-up areas and the remainder open spaces for future construction or agricultural land.[1]
In 1922, Beit Sira had a population of 381.[2] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Sira had a population of 2,840 inhabitants in 2006.[3] In the 2007 PCBS census, there were 2,749 people living in the town.[4]
References
- ↑ Beit Sira: A Palestinian Village on the verge of diminishing Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 5 July 2004.
- ↑ Welcome to Bayt Sira Palestine Remembered.
- ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Ramallah & Al Bireh Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.114.
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 16)
- Guérin, Victor (1868). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (pp. 337-338)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 156)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 287)
External links
- Welcome To Bayt Sira
- SWP map 17, IAA
- SWP map 17, Wikimedia commons
- Beit Sira Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Beit Sira Village Profile, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- beit Sira, areal photo, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Beit Sira Village, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
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