Beit Lid
Beit Lid | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت ليد |
| • Latin | Bayt Lid (official) Bayt Leed (unofficial) |
School in Beit Lid | |
Beit Lid Location of Beit Lid within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′40″N 35°07′48″E / 32.26111°N 35.13000°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/185 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 5,606 |
| • Density | 334/km2 (864/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | The house of Lid |
Beit Lid (Arabic: بيت ليد) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located a 10 kilometers southeast of Tulkarm and west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,606 inhabitants in 2017. In 1922, it had 653 inhabitants, which rose to 1,807 in 1961.