Beit Lid

Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Beit Lid


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arname=بيت ليد
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founded=
type=munc
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altOffSp=Bayt Lid
altUnoSp=Bayt Leed
governorate=tk
population=5,900
popyear=2006
latd=32 |latm=19 |lats=59.40|latNS=N
longd=35 |longm=06|longs=31.15|longEW=E
area=16,753
areakm=16.8
mayor=Salamah Draidi

Beit Lid ( _ar. بيت ليد) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located a few kilometers southwest of Tulkarm and west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 5,900 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop03.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.] In 1922, its residents amounted to 653, then rose to 1,807 in 1961. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Bayt_Lid_874/Article_8134.html Information of Beit Lid] PalestineRemembered. 2001-03-21. ar icon]

Economy

Agriculture is a major economic sector in Beit Lid, with olives, almonds, figs, grapes and grains being the primary crops grown on 16,753 dunams. Until recently, agriculture employed most of the working males of the town, however, many residents are employed in small business professions, such as construction, blacksmithing and electricity. Many in Beit Lid that worked inside Israel, have been unemployed since the Second Intifada and the difficult conditions surrounding it.

There are four schools (two primary and two secondary), four kindergartens, a clinic operated by the Palestinian National Authority and founded in 1964. Beit Lid contains four mosques, including Masjid al-Qadima, Masjid Fatima Zahra, Masjid as-Salaam and Masjid Salah ad-Din.

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