Beit Fajjar
Beit Fajjar | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت فجّار |
| • Latin | Bayt Fajjar (official) Beit Fujar (unofficial) |
Minaret in Beit Fajjar | |
Location of Beit Fajjar within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′29″N 35°09′20″E / 31.62472°N 35.15556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 164/114 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Umar Abdel Aziz Taqatqa |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,933 dunams (7.9 km2 or 3.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 13,520 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Relating to Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb |
Beit Fajjar (Arabic: بيت فجّار) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers south of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 13,520 in 2017.
Beit Fajjar was founded in the 18th century.