Beit Lahia
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]
Beit Lahia | |
|---|---|
| Ither transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت لاهيا |
| • An aa spelled | Bayt Lahiya (official) |
  Beit Lahia 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 |
History
eeditThe 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]
References
eedit- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 358
- ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine for North Gaza Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ Beit Lahaia Archived 2013-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Municipality of Gaza.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Palestinian National Information Centre Archived 2006-07-20 at the Wayback Machine