Beit Hanina

Beit Hanina
Beit Hanina
Neighborhood
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	بيت حنينا
Hebrew transcription(s)
• Hebrew	בית חנינא
	Beit Hanina al-Jadid and behind it Beit Hanina al-Balad
	Beit Hanina Location of Beit Hanina within Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°49′50″N 35°12′58″E / 31.83056°N 35.21611°E
Palestine grid	169/137
Jerusalem Municipality	Jerusalem
Government
• Type	Village council
Area
• Total	16,284 dunams (16.3 km2 or 6.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	1,107 (al-Balad); 26,762 (al-Jadid)
Name meaning	"House of Hanina"

Beit Hanina (Arabic: بيت حنينا ,Hebrew: בית חנינא) is an Arab Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is on the road to Ramallah, eight kilometers north of central Jerusalem, at an elevation of 780 meters above sea level.^[3] Beit Hanina is bordered by Pisgat Ze'ev and Hizma to the east, Ramot, Ramat Shlomo and Shuafat to the south, Beit Iksa and Nabi Samwil to the west, and Bir Nabala, al-Jib, Kafr Aqab and ar-Ram to the north.

Beit Hanina is divided by the Israeli West Bank barrier into Al-Jadida (the new village), which is located within the Israeli Jerusalem municipality and includes the vast majority of the built-up area, and Al-Balad (the old village), which lies outside the municipality.^[4] The total area of Beit Hanina is 16.3 sq. kilometers (6.3 sq. miles) or 16,284 dunams, of which 2,775 are built up.^[5]

In 2007, Beit Hanina had a population of over 27,000, including 26,762 Jerusalem residents in the new village^[6] and 1,107 under PNA administration.^[7]

^ 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 24 October 2023.
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 286
^ "Jerusalem neighborhoods". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^ High Court approves Bir Nabalah enclave. B'Tselem, 26 November 2006
^ Lands of Beit Hanina (Al-Balad) village threatened by the Israeli Segregation Wall Archived 24 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Applied Research Institute (ARIJ), 8 August 2006
^ "Table III/16 – Population of Jerusalem, by Age, Quarter, Sub-Quarter and Statistical Area, 2007" (PDF), Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2020, retrieved 15 June 2009
^ "Table 26: Localities in the West Bank by Selected Indicators, 2007" (PDF), 2007 Census, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, p. 116, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2010

[PrelimCensus2017-1] 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 24 October 2023.

[Palmer286-2] Palmer, 1881, p. 286

[3] "Jerusalem neighborhoods". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

[BTselem_barrier-4] High Court approves Bir Nabalah enclave. B'Tselem, 26 November 2006

[POICA-5] Lands of Beit Hanina (Al-Balad) village threatened by the Israeli Segregation Wall Archived 24 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Applied Research Institute (ARIJ), 8 August 2006

[6] "Table III/16 – Population of Jerusalem, by Age, Quarter, Sub-Quarter and Statistical Area, 2007" (PDF), Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2020, retrieved 15 June 2009

[7] "Table 26: Localities in the West Bank by Selected Indicators, 2007" (PDF), 2007 Census, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, p. 116, archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2010

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