Beit Amin
title: "Beit Amin" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["qalqilya-governorate", "villages-in-the-west-bank", "municipalities-of-palestine"] topic_path: "general/qalqilya-governorate" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Amin" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Beit Amin |
| translit_lang1 | Arabic |
| translit_lang1_type | Arabic |
| translit_lang1_info | بيت أمين |
| type | Municipality type D (Village council) |
| pushpin_map | Palestine |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Beit Amin within Palestine |
| coordinates | |
| grid_name | Palestine grid |
| grid_position | 152/171 |
| subdivision_type | State |
| subdivision_name | Palestine State of Palestine |
| subdivision_type1 | Governorate |
| subdivision_name1 | Qalqilya |
| established_title | Founded |
| government_footnotes | tags -- |
| government_type | Village council |
| unit_pref | dunam |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 99 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 1279 |
| population_as_of | 2017 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| blank_name_sec1 | Name meaning |
| blank_info_sec1 | Khurbet Beit Yemin=The ruin of the house of Yemin, p. n. |
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| name = Beit Amin | translit_lang1 = Arabic | translit_lang1_type = Arabic | translit_lang1_info = بيت أمين | type = Municipality type D (Village council) | image_skyline = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Beit Amin within Palestine | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = | grid_name = Palestine grid | grid_position = 152/171 | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = Palestine State of Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Qalqilya | established_title = Founded | established_date = | government_footnotes = tags -- | government_type = Village council | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = dunam | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_dunam = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 99 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1279 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning | blank_info_sec1 = Khurbet Beit Yemin=The ruin of the house of Yemin, p. n. | website = | footnotes = Beit Amin () is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,279 inhabitants in 2017.
Location
Beit Amin is located 8.35 km south-east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Sanniriya to the east, Al Mudawwar and ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the south, ‘Izbat Salman to the west, and ‘Azzun ‘Atma to the north.
History
In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted Khurbet Beit Yemin (under "Archæology"): "Walls, cisterns and rock-cut tomb."
British Mandate
The village passed to British control they defeated the Ottoman Empire in World War 1. The village was administered under the British Mandate for Palestine until 1948.
Jordanian Era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Beit Amin came under Jordanian rule.
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Beit Amin has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, about 29.2% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 70.8% as Area C. Israel has confiscated land from Beit Amin, ‘Azzun ‘Atma and Mas-ha in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Shi'ar Tikvah. In addition, the Israeli West Bank barrier will isolate some of Beit Amins village land behind the wall.
References
Bibliography
References
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/beitamin_vp_en.pdf Beit Amin village profile], ARIJ, 2013, p. 4
- (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017". [[State of Palestine]].
- Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/232/mode/1up 232]
- Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/329/mode/1up 329]
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/beitamin_vp_en.pdf Beit Amin's village profile], [[Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. ARIJ]], 2013, pp. 15-16
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