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Population of Palestine: est. 3,800,000; Area of Palestine: State of Palestine (post-2013): claimed area 6,220 km 2 (2,400 sq mi) (de facto control of 2,488 km 2 (961 sq mi)); The West Bank (including East Jerusalem) is (5,860 km 2 (2,260 sq mi) and the Gaza Strip is 360 km 2 (140 sq mi) Atlas of Palestine
Block-1 field, which spans an area of 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) from northwest Ramallah to Qalqilya in Palestine, has significant potential for recoverable hydrocarbon resources. [ 236 ] [ 237 ] It is estimated to have a P90 (a level of certainty) of 0.03 billion barrels (4,800,000 m 3 ) of recoverable oil and 6,000,000,000 cubic feet ...
Palestine (region) The region of Palestine, [iii] also known as historic Palestine, [1][2][3] is a geographical area in West Asia. It includes modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine, as well as parts of northwestern Jordan in some definitions. Other names for the region include Canaan, the Promised Land, the Land of Israel, or the Holy Land.
Palestine is 163rd largest country in the world, in terms of claimed areas. The country is bordered by Israel to the east, north and west, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the southwest and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. The country also shares maritime borders with Israel, Cyprus and Egypt. Located in the Levant, Palestine is part of the ...
590,481. • Density. 13,000/km 2 (34,000/sq mi) Website. mogaza.org. Gaza, [b] also called Gaza City, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. As of 2022, it was the largest city in the State of Palestine, with 590,481 inhabitants in 2017. The city is spread across an area of 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi). Gaza is one of the principal coastal ...
The West Bank has an area of 5,628 or 5,640 square kilometres (2,173 or 2,178 square miles), which comprises 21.2% of former Mandatory Palestine (excluding Jordan) [89] and has generally rugged mountainous terrain. The total length of the land boundaries of the region are 404 km (251 mi). [7]
In 1947, the total Jewish ownership of land in Palestine was 1,850,000 dunams or 1,850 square kilometres (714 sq mi), which is 7.04% of the total land of Palestine. [ citation needed ] Public property or "crown lands", the bulk of which was in the Negev, belonging to the government of Palestine may have made up as much as 70% of the total land ...
'from the water to the water') [1] [2] is a political phrase that refers geographically to the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, an area historically called Palestine, [3] which today includes Israel and the Palestinian territories of the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip.