Birzeit

Summary

Birzeit is a town^[1]. Birzeit ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Birzeit is located in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate^[3].
• Birzeit is in the country of Palestine^[4].
• Birzeit's image is recorded as BirZeit273.JPG^[5].
• Birzeit's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Birzeit's instance of is recorded as college town^[7].
• Birzeit's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136034374^[8].
• Birzeit's GND ID is recorded as 4566760-3^[9].
• Birzeit's locator map image is recorded as Birzeit Karte Uebersicht.png^[10].
• Birzeit's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79145970^[11].
• Birzeit's IdRef ID is recorded as 176883312^[12].
• Birzeit's Commons category is recorded as Birzeit^[13].
• Birzeit's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[14].
• Birzeit's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[15].
• Birzeit's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.972222222222, 'lon': 35.195555555556}^[16].
• Birzeit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09h2cf^[17].
• Birzeit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Birzeit^[18].
• Birzeit's population is recorded as {'amount': '+4529'}^[19].
• Birzeit's population is recorded as {'amount': '+7000'}^[20].
• Birzeit's GeoNames ID is recorded as 284237^[21].
• Birzeit's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7029075^[22].
• Birzeit's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+815'}^[23].
• Birzeit's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14'}^[24].
• Birzeit's FAST ID is recorded as 1207178^[25].
• Birzeit's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -793933^[26].
• Birzeit's Who's on First ID is recorded as 101921831^[27].

Body

Geography

Birzeit is in the country of Palestine^[4]. Birzeit is located in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Birzeit's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14'}^[24]. Birzeit's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+815'}^[23]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4529'}^[19] and {'amount': '+7000'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and college town^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Birzeit include Birzeit University^[28], a university^[29], in Palestine^[30], founded in 1924^[31], headquartered in Birzeit^[32].

Why It Matters

Birzeit ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).^[2] Birzeit has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Birzeit is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Birzeit include Birzeit University^[28], a university^[29], in Palestine^[30], founded in 1924^[31], headquartered in Birzeit^[32].