Beit Ta'mir

Beit Ta'mir
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicخربة بيت تعمر
Beit Ta'mir
Location of Beit Ta'mir within Palestine
Beit Ta'mir
Location of Beit Ta'mir within the West Bank
Coordinates: 31°40′40″N 35°14′23″E / 31.67778°N 35.23972°E / 31.67778; 35.23972
Palestine grid172/120
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
1,596
Name meaningThe house of the T'amirah Arabs

Beit Ta'mir (Arabic: خربة بيت تعمر) is a Palestinian village located six kilometers southeast of Bethlehem.The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,596 in 2017. The village is named after the 'Arab al-Ta'mira Bedouin tribe of the Bethlehem area, and along with Za'atara, Hindaza, Tuqu', Khirbet al-Deir (today part of Tuqu'), Nuaman, Ubeidiya and al-Asakra forms the 'Arab al-Ta'mira village cluster.

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