al-Bireh

E81483
city municipality

al-Bireh is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that forms a twin urban center with nearby Ramallah and serves as an important administrative and commercial hub.

Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city →
municipality →
country State of Palestine →
demographics predominantly Palestinian population →
economy light industry →
retail trade →
services sector →
formsMetropolitanAreaWith Ramallah metropolitan area →
formsUrbanAreaWith Ramallah →
geopoliticalStatus under Israeli occupation under international law →
governedBy Palestinian National Authority (in practice, with varying degrees of control) →
governorateCapitalOf Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate →
hasCommercialInfrastructure markets →
shopping centers →
hasEducationalInstitutions colleges →
schools →
hasFunction commercial center →
local government center →
transport hub →
hasHealthFacilities clinics →
hospitals →
hasMunicipalGovernment al-Bireh Municipality →
hasPostalRole regional postal and services center →
hasPublicInstitutions NGO offices →
international organization offices →
ministries of the Palestinian Authority (offices) →
hasReligiousBuildings churches →
mosques →
hasTransportInfrastructure bus stations →
hasUrbanAreaType dense urban fabric →
hasUrbanStatus major Palestinian urban center →
locatedIn West Bank →
central West Bank →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate →
locatedNear Jerusalem →
Ramallah →
partOf Central Highlands of the West Bank →
Palestinian territories →
primaryLanguage Arabic →
region Central West Bank urban belt →
religiousCommunities Christian community →
Muslim community →
roadConnection Jerusalem–Nablus road corridor →
role administrative hub →
commercial hub →
timeZone Eastern European Time →
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time →
twinCityWith Ramallah →
Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
al-Bireh ("al-Bireh Municipality") →
hasMunicipalGovernment
Ramallah →
locatedNear
Ramallah ("Ramallah and al-Bireh urban area") →
populationRegion
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