Bayt Jann (بيت جن)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

Bayt Jann (بيت جن)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village in the mountainous Upper Galilee, situated approximately 30 km northeast of Acre on a high mountain landscape surrounded by steep slopes and valleys. Agriculture formed the basis of the local economy, with cereals, olives, and irrigated and orchard cultivation prominent; 1945 statistics record 7,406 dunums devoted to cereals, 2,530 dunums to irrigated and plantation land, and 1,600 dunums to olives.