page_title: Beit Hanina
hierarchical_section_title: Beit Hanina
caption_attribution_description: English: The Israeli barrier in northern Jerusalem, turning Palestinian areas beyond the "Green Line" into enclaves and separating them from the rest of the West Bank as well as from the City of Jerusalem.
context_page_description: Beit Hanina is an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem. It is on the road to Ramallah, eight kilometers north of central Jerusalem, at an elevation of 780 meters above sea level. Beit Hanina is bordered by Pisgat Ze'ev and Hizma to the east, Ramot, Ramat Shlomo and Shuafat to the south, Beit Iksa and Nabi Samwil to the west, and Bir Nabala, al-Jib, Kafr Aqab and ar-Ram to the north.
  Beit Hanina is divided by the Israeli West Bank barrier into Al-Jadida, which is located within the Israeli Jerusalem municipality and includes the vast majority of the built-up area, and Al-Balad, which lies outside the municipality. The total area of Beit Hanina is 16.3 sq. kilometers or 16,284 dunams, of which 2,775 are built up.
  In 2007, Beit Hanina had a population of over 27,000, including 26,762 Jerusalem residents in the new village and 1,072 under PNA administration.
context_section_description: Beit Hanina (Arabic: بيت حنينا‎ ,Hebrew: בית חנינא‎‎) is an Arab neighborhood in Jerusalem. It is on the road to Ramallah, eight kilometers north of central Jerusalem, at an elevation of 780 meters above sea level. Beit Hanina is bordered by Pisgat Ze'ev and Hizma to the east, Ramot, Ramat Shlomo and Shuafat to the south, Beit Iksa and Nabi Samwil to the west, and Bir Nabala, al-Jib, Kafr Aqab and ar-Ram to the north.
  Beit Hanina is divided by the Israeli West Bank barrier into Al-Jadida (the new village), which is located within the Israeli Jerusalem municipality and includes the vast majority of the built-up area, and Al-Balad (the old village), which lies outside the municipality. The total area of Beit Hanina is 16.3 sq. kilometers (6.3 sq. miles) or 16,284 dunams, of which 2,775 are built up.
  In 2007, Beit Hanina had a population of over 27,000, including 26,762 Jerusalem residents in the new village and 1,072 under PNA administration.
caption: The Israeli barrier in northern Jerusalem, which divides Beit Hanina into two villages, both in a separate enclave.
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