Al-Bireh

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al-Bireh
muna
Transkripsi Lainnya
• Arab	البيرة
• Ejaan lain	al-Bira (tak resmi)
Lambang Al-Bireh
Kegubernuran	Ramallah & al-Bireh
Pemerintahan
• Jenis	Kota
• Kepala Munisipalitas	Umar Hammayil
Luas
• Yurisdiksi	22,406 dunams (224 km2 or 86 sq mi)
Populasi  (2006)
• Yurisdiksi	38.202
Arti nama	"Dinding Istana"
Situs web	www.al-bireh.org

al-Bireh, al-Birah atau el-Bira (bahasa Arab: البيرة) adalah sebuah kota Palestina yang berdekatan dengan kota Ramallah di tengah Tepi Barat, yang berjarak 15 kilometer (9,3 mi) dari utara Yerusalem. Kota tersebut berada di ketinggian 860 meter (2.820 ft) di atas permukaan laut, dan melingkupi wilayah seluas 224 kilometer persegi (86 sq mi).

Karena letaknya, al-Bireh menjadi jalan lintas ekonomi antara utara dan selatan, di sepanjang rute karavan antara Yerusalem dan Nablus. Menurut Biro Pusat Statistik Palestina, kota tersebut memiliki penduduk sejumlah sekitar 39,202 jiwa dalam sensus 2007.

Lihat pula

• Beerot

Daftar pustaka

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• Röhricht, Reinhold (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (dalam bahasa Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana. 
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• Sharon, Moshe (1999). Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, Vol. II, B-C. BRILL. ISBN 9004110836. 
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• Wilson, Charles Williams, ed. (c. 1881). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. 1. New York: D. Appleton. 

Pranala luar

• Welcome To The City of al-Bira
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Al-Bira City (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
• Al-Bira City City Profile, ARIJ
• Al-Bireh Municipality Website
• The Al-Bireh demonstration project on agricultural reuse of wastewater in the West Bank