Ramallah and al-Bira governorates

محافظة رام الله والبيرة Ramallah and al-Bira governorates
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.

Population development

Census year	population
1997	213,582
2007	279.730
2017	328,861

places

• Al-Bireh
• Ramallah
• Baituniya
• Rawabi
• Bir Zait
• Qalandia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ram Allah & Al-Birah (Governorate, Palestinian Territories) - population statistics, graphics, map and location. Retrieved June 26, 2020 .