Beit Imrin
Beit Imrin | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت امرين |
| • Latin | Beit Imrin (official) Bayt Umrin (unofficial) |
Beit Imrin, from the west | |
Location of Beit Imrin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′32″N 35°12′56″E / 32.29222°N 35.21556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 170/188 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council (from 1966) |
| • Head of Municipality | Basheer Samarah |
| Area | |
• Total | 12,100 dunams (12.1 km2 or 4.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 3,323 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "House of Princes", "The House of Imrin" |
Beit Imrin (Arabic: بيت امرين, transliterated as "House of Princes") is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 2,821 inhabitants in 2007 and 3,323 by 2017.
Beit Imrin is an agricultural village with the main products being pulses, grains, vegetables, olives, grapes, almonds and figs. There is a girls' primary school and a boys' secondary school in the village. Other public facilities include a health clinic, telephone and postal services.