Beit Ijza
Beit Ijza | |
|---|---|
Local Development Committee | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت إجزا |
| • Latin | Bayt Ijza (official) |
View of Beit Ijza, 2012 | |
Location of Beit Ijza within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°50′51″N 35°9′9″E / 31.84750°N 35.15250°E | |
| Palestine grid | 164/139 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Elevation | 811 m (2,661 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 854 |
| Postcode | P115 |
| Name meaning | Beit Izza, the house of Izza, from personal name |
Beit Ijza (Arabic: بيت إجزا, also spelled Bayt Ijza); is a village in the Jerusalem Governorate in the central West Bank with an area of 2,526 dunams. Located approximately six miles north of Jerusalem, it had a population of 698 in 2007 and 854 by 2017.