Beit Sira

Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Beit Sira

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latd=31|latm=53|lats=14.71|latNS=N
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population=2,840
popyear=2006
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Beit Sira ( _ar. بيت سيرا) is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The village is situated along the Green Line and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, around 4,000 dunams of its land became a part of the "No-Man's Land" strip between the north-central West Bank and Israel. Currently Beit Sira's jurisdiction is 3,120 dunams, of which 441 dunams are built-up areas and the remainder open spaces for future construction or agricultural land. [ [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=410 Beit Sira: A Palestinian Village on the verge of diminishing] Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2004-07-05.]

In 1922, Beit Sira had a population of 381. [ [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Bayt_Sira_886/index.html Welcome to Bayt Sira] Palestine Remembered.] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Sira had a population of 2,840 inhabitants in 2006. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop07.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Ramallah & Al Bireh Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.]

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