Bir al-Basha

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Bir al-Basha
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 •  Arabic بئر الباشا
 •  Latin Bir al-Basha (official)
Beer al-Basha (unofficial)
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Bir al-Basha
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Bir al-Basha
Location of Bir al-Basha within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°25′21″N35°13′47″E / 32.42250°N 35.22972°E / 32.42250; 35.22972
Palestine grid 171/203
State State of Palestine
Governorate Jenin
Government
 • Type Village council
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total
1,725

Bir al-Basha (Arabic : بئر الباشا) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 15 km southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,307 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,725 by 2017. [1] [2]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Bir al-Basha came under Jordanian rule.

It is adjacent to the archaeological site of Tel Dothan. [3]

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Bir al-Basha has been under Israeli occupation.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. ↑ Shahin, Mariam (2005). Palestine: A Guide. Interlink Books. ISBN   978-1-56656-557-8. Tel al-Hafireh (Tel Dothan) Tel al-Hafireh is an archeological site that lies 6 kilometers south of Jenin, close to the village of Bir al-Basha.


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