Country Mexico Elevation 1,930 m | State Jalisco Population 2,849 (2005) | |
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Betania is a town in Ayotlán Municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The census of 2005 the town had a population of 2,849 inhabitants.
Place Names
The city is named after the Palestinian city of Bethany now known as al-Eizariya, with the name originating from the Aramaic and Hebrew word Beth anya (בית עניא), meaning "house of the figs"; the literal translation of the Spanish name Betania.
References
Betania, Jalisco Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA