Ramallah and al-Bira governorates
محافظة رام الله والبيرة Ramallah and al-Bira governorates
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Basic data | |
Country | State of Palestine |
surface | 844 km² |
Residents | 347,818 (2020) |
density | 412 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | PS-RBH |
View of Ramallah |
Coordinates: 31 ° 56 ' N , 35 ° 12' E
The Governorate of Ramallah and al-Bira ( Arabic محافظة رام الله والبيرة, DMG Muḥāfaẓat Rām Allāh wa-l-Bīra ) is a governorate of the Palestinian Authority or the State of Palestine . It covers a large part of the central West Bank on the northern border of the Jerusalem governorate . The district capital or Muhfaza (seat) is the city of Al-Bireh , while the city of Ramallah in the governorate is the seat of government of the Palestinian Territories.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had 328,861 inhabitants as of mid-2017. By 2020 this number rose to 347,818 inhabitants.
Demographics
The population is on average very young and around 35.1 percent are younger than 15 years, while only 4 percent are over 65 years old. In 2017, 96.7 percent of the population were Muslim and 3.3 percent were Christian . Residents of Jewish settlements were not included. 59.2 percent of the total population were refugees in the same year.
Census year | population |
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1997 | 213,582 |
2007 | 279.730 |
2017 | 328,861 |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ram Allah & Al-Birah (Governorate, Palestinian Territories) - population statistics, graphics, map and location. Retrieved June 26, 2020 .