Beit Lahia | |
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Ither transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | بيت لاهيا |
• An aa spelled | Bayt Lahiya (official) |
Location o Beit Lahia within the Palestinian territories | |
Coordinates: 31°33′14″N 34°30′05″E / 31.55389°N 34.50139°ECoordinates: 31°33′14″N 34°30′05″E / 31.55389°N 34.50139°E | |
Palestine grid | 102/106 |
Govrenorate | North Gaza |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety |
• Heid o Municipality | Izz al-Din al-Dahnoun |
Population (2006) | |
• Jurisdiction | 59,540 |
Name meanin | "Hoose o Lahi"[1] |
Website | www.bietlahia.mun.ps |
Beit Lahia (Arabic: بيت لاهيا) is a ceety locatit north o Jabalia, near Beit Hanoun an the 1949 Armistice Line wi Israel. Accordin tae the Palestinian Central Bureau o Statistics, the ceety haed a population o 59,540 in mid-year 2006.[2]
The wird “Lahia” is Syriac an means “desert” or “fatigue”. It is surroondit bi saund dunes, some rise tae 55 m (180 ft) abuin sea level. The aurie is renouned for its mony lairge sycamore fig trees. The ceety is kent for its fresh, sweet watter, berries an citrus trees. It haes an auncient hill an nearbi abandoned veelage ruins. A mihrab, or mosque alcove indicatin the direction o salaah (prayer), is aw that remains o an auncient mosque tae the wast o Beit Lahia datin tae the end o the Fatamid period an beginnin o the Ayyubid Dynasty o Saladin, an twa ither mosques datin tae the Ottoman period.[3]
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