Bi'ina
Bi'ina
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The villages of Bi'ina (below) and Deir al-Asad (above), 2025. There is no clear dividing line between the two villages. | |
Bi'ina Bi'ina | |
| Coordinates: 32°55′46″N 35°16′22″E / 32.92944°N 35.27278°E | |
| Grid position | 175/259 PAL |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 8,703 |
Bi'ina (alternatively transliterated as al-Bi'neh, al-Ba'ina, al-Ba'ana and el-Baneh) (Arabic: البعنة) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Acre. In 2003, Bi'ina merged with Majd al-Krum and Deir al-Asad to form the city of Shaghur, but was reinstated as a local council in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved. Bi'ina has a mostly Muslim population (92%) with a small Christian minority (8%); in 2023 its population was 8,703. In 2022, 92.6% of the population was Muslim and 7.4% was Christian.