Beit Amin
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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)
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| pushpin_map = Palestine
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Beit Amin within Palestine
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| coordinates = {{coord|32|07|52|N|35|01|13|E|region:PS|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Palestine grid
| grid_position = 152/171
| subdivision_type = State
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Palestine}} State of Palestine
| subdivision_type1 = Governorate
| subdivision_name1 = Qalqilya
| established_title = Founded
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| government_type = Village council
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| unit_pref = dunam
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| elevation_footnotes = [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/beitamin_vp_en.pdf Beit Amin village profile], ARIJ, 2013, p. 4
| elevation_m = 99
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| population_footnotes = {{cite report |date=February 2018 |title=Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |department=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) |publisher=State of Palestine |pages=64–82 |access-date=2023-10-24}}
| population_total = 1279
| population_as_of = 2017
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning
| blank_info_sec1 = Khurbet Beit Yemin=The ruin of the house of Yemin, p. n.Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/232/mode/1up 232]
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Beit Amin ({{langx|ar|بيت أمين}}) 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."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/329/mode/1up 329]
= 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.[http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/beitamin_vp_en.pdf Beit Amin's village profile], ARIJ, 2013, pp. 15-16
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund|volume=2}}
- {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}}
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External links
- [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Beit_Amin_3397/index.html Welcome to Beit Amin]
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8376 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.14.jpg Wikimedia commons]
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/factsheet/beitamin_fs_en.pdf Beit Amin village (fact sheet)], Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/beitamin_vp_en.pdf Beit Amin village profile], ARIJ
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/images/english/Beit%20Amin_ap_en.jpg Beit Amin, aerial photo], ARIJ
- [http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/beitamin_n_en.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in Beit Amin], ARIJ
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070526021827/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1000 Subterranean Wells of Jayyus and Beit Amin villages in Qalqiliya governorate-swamped with waste dumped by Israeli settlers] 12, February, 2007, ARIJ
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