Qarawat Bani Zeid

Qarawat Bani Zeid
Qarawat Bani Zeid
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	قراوة بني زيد
• Latin	Qarawat Bani Zaid (official); Karawat Bani Zayd (unofficial)
	View of Qarawat Bani Zeid, 2012
	Qarawat Bani Zeid Location of Qarawat Bani Zeid within Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°03′13″N 35°07′42″E / 32.05361°N 35.12833°E
Palestine grid	162/162
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	rb
Government
• Type	Village council
Area
• Total	8,000 dunams (8.0 km2 or 3.1 sq mi)
Elevation	318 m (1,043 ft)
Population (2017)
• Total	3,415
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Name meaning	The towns of Ibn Zeid, in the Beni Zeid district

Qarawat Bani Zeid (Arabic: قراوة بني زيد) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 22 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Qarawat Bani Zeid had a population of 3,415 inhabitants in 2017.^[2] Almost all of Qarawat Bani Zeid is under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority, as it is located within Area A.

Situated close to the village mosque is the remains of a Roman pool, about 60 meters underground.^[4]

^ Qarawat Bani Zeid Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
^ ^a ^b 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 2023-10-24.
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 238
^ Cite error: The named reference IWPS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).