Beit Jann

Beit Jann
Basic data
hebrew :	בית ג'ן
arabic :	بيت جن
State :	Israel
District :	North
Coordinates :	32 ° 58 ' N , 35 ° 23' E Coordinates: 32 ° 57 '55 " N , 35 ° 22' 45" E
Height :	940 m
Area :	4,650 km²
Residents :	11,864 (as of 2018)
Population density :	2,551 inhabitants per km²
Community code :	0480
Time zone :	UTC + 2
Community type:	settlement
Mayor :	Youssef Qabalan
	Beit Jann
	Beit Jann

Beit Jann ( Arabic بيت جن, DMG Bayt Ǧann , Hebrew בית ג'ן) is a village with 11,864 Druze inhabitants (as of 2018) in the northern district of Israel . It is located about 15 kilometers northeast of Karmi'el and 10 kilometers south of the border with Lebanon on Mount Meron at an altitude of 940 meters above sea level, making it the highest settlement in Israel. The first mention of Beit Jann can be dated to the 11th century.

Town twinning

Israel Kfar Saba , Israel , since 2006

Individual evidence

↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
↑ אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .

[1] אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .

[2] אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .