Beit Sira

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Beit Sira
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic بيت سيرا
 • Also spelled Bayt Sira (official)
View of Beit Sira
View of Beit Sira
Beit Sira is located in the Palestinian territories
Beit Sira
Beit Sira
Location of Beit Sira within the Palestinian Territories
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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]

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