 In the 1945 statistics Bayt Jibrin had 2,430 Muslim inhabitants, with a total of 56,185 dunams of land.Of this, 2,477 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations, 31,616 dunams used for cereals,
while 287 dunams were built-up (urban) areas.Bayt Jibrin was in the territory allotted to the Arab state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan.