Beit Hanoun
| Beit Hanoun | |
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| Ither transcription(s) | |
| - Arabic | بيت حانون |
| - Also spelled | Beit Hanun (offeecial) Bayt Hanun (unoffeecial) |
  Beit Hanoun
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| Coordinates: 31°32′29.23″N 34°32′10.60″E / 31.5414528°N 34.536278°E | |
| Govrenorate | North Gaza |
| Govrenment | |
| - Heid o Municipality | Mohamad Nazek al-Kafarna |
| Aurie | |
| - Jurisdiction | 12,500 dunams (12.5 km2 / 4.8 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2006) | |
| - Jurisdiction | 32,187 |
| Wabsteid | www.beithanoun.ps |
Beit Hanoun (Arabic: بيت حانون) is a ceety on the north-east edge o the Gaza Strip. Accordin tae the Palestinian Central Bureau o Statistics, the toun haed a population o 32,187 in mid-year 2006.[1] It is locatit bi the Hanoun stream, juist 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) away frae the Israeli toun o Sderot.
Demographics [edit]
Beit Hanoun haed a population o 885 in a 1922 Breetish Mandate census.[2] The population mair than doubled bi 1945. In that year, a land an population survey recorded 1,730 inhabitants including 50 Jews.[3] In 1961, the population rose tae 3,876.[2]
In the first offeecial census bi the Palestinian Central Bureau o Statistics (PCBS), Beit Hanoun haed a total population o 20,780. Ower 90% o the residents wur Palestinian refugees.[4] There wur 10,479 males an 10,301 females. The age distribution wis as follaes: Fowk 14 years o age or younger constitutit the majority at 65.6%, fowk atween the ages o 20 an 44 wis 26.8%, 45 to 64 was 5.7% an residents abuin the age o 65 wis 1.9%.[5]
Local infrastructur [edit]
There are twal seicontary, primary an agricultural schuils in Beit Hanoun an an agricultural college which is relatit tae al-Azhar University - Gaza. There is a medical center an hospital in the ceety an several clinics maistly managed bi the Unitit Naitions.[6]
References [edit]
- ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for North Gaza Governorate by Locality 2004– 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Welcome To Bayt Hanun
- ↑ Hadawi, Sami. (1970). Gaza District Statistics from Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine The Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- ↑ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
- ↑ Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years Palestinian Central Bureau o Statistics (PCBS).
- ↑ Our City Beithanoun Municipality.
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