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Bethlehem Governorate

Governorate of Palestine

Summary

Governorate of Palestine

Field	Value
type	Governorate
image_map	Bethlehem in Palestine.svg
image_skyline	2018 OCHA OpT map Bethlehem.jpg
caption	2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	9
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
population_as_of	2017
population_footnotes
area_total_km2	644
population_total	176,515
population_note	This figure excludes the Israeli West Bank Settlements

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The Bethlehem Governorate () is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers an area of the West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Its principal city and district capital is Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, its population was estimated to 199,463 in 2012.

Geography

According to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the governorate has a total area of around 660 km2.

Demographics

As of the 2017 census, 217,400 people lived in the governorate. There were 188,851 Muslims and 23,165 Christians. In the 2007 census, the population was 176,515. In the 1997 census, the population was 137,286.

Politics

Politically, the Bethlehem Governorate is somewhat of a stronghold of the left. In the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and The Alternative both had their best results. Its current governor is Muhammad Taha Hassan Abu Alia.

Localities

The governorate consists of 10 municipalities, 3 refugee camps, and 58 rural districts.

Municipalities

Battir
Beit Fajjar
Beit Jala
Beit Sahour
Bethlehem
al-Dawha
Husan
al-Khader
Nahalin
Tuqu'
al-Ubeidiya
Za'atara

Local and village councils

'Arab al-Rashayida
Artas
al-Asakra
Beit Sakariya
Beit Ta'mir
Dar Salah
Hindaza
Jab'a
Juhdum
Jurat ash Sham'a
Marah Rabah
Rakhme
Umm Salamuna
ash Shawawra
Wadi al-Arayis
Wadi Fukin
al-Walaja

Refugee camps

Aida
'Azza
Dheisheh

References

"Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017". [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS).
"Localities in Bethlehem Governorate by Type of Locality and Population Estimates, 2007-2016". [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS).
(May 2009). "Shrinking Space: Urban Contraction and Rural Fragmentation in the Bethlehem Governorate". [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]].
"Occupied Palestinian Territory: Administrative units". GeoHive.

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