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Beitunia ((アラビア語:بيتونيا)), also Bitunya, is a Palestinian City located west of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem. The City is in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the City had a population of 19,761 in 2007,〔(2007 PCBS Census ). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.114.〕 making it the third largest locality in its governorate after al-Bireh and Ramallah. ==History== Potsherds from the Byzantine, Mamluk and early Ottoman period have been found.〔Finkelstein et al, 1997, pp. 346-7〕 In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' suggested that Beitunia was the Crusader village ''Uniet'', which was one of 21 villages given by King Godfrey as a fief to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.〔Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. (11 )〕 However, in 1887, Röhricht identified Beitunia with ''Beitiumen'', another fief given by the King to the Holy Sepulchre.〔Röhricht, 1887, p. (205 )〕〔de Roziére, 1849, pp. ( 98 ), ( 102 ): ''Beituimen''; both cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. 16- (17 ), No 74〕 Conder found this to be "evidently correct" and hence "very doubtful" that Beitunia was ''Uniet''.〔Conder, 1890, pp. (30 ), (32 )〕 Abel, writing in 1931, suggested that Beitunia was ''Beit Uniet'', mentioned in an early 12th century text.〔 A large vaulted building in the town, named ''Badd al Balad'' ("oil press of the village") has been dated to the Crusader era.〔Pringle, 1997, p. (29 )〕〔Pringle, 2009, pp. ( 235 )-240〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beitunia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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