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West Bank – 5,860 sq km
Gaza Strip – 360 sq km |
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West Bank – Slightly smaller than Delaware
Gaza Strip – Slightly more than twice the size of Washington, D.C. |
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| Countries bordering & length of borders |
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West Bank – Israel (307 km) & Jordan (97 km)
Gaza Strip – Egypt (11 km) & Israel (51 km) |
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West Bank – 0 km (landlocked)
Gaza Strip – 40 km |
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West Bank – temperate; temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot
summers, cool to mild winters
Gaza Strip – temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers |
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West Bank – Arable Land
Gaza Strip – Arable Land & Natural Gas |
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West Bank – Arable Land (%): 16.9%
Permanent Crops (%): 18.97%
Other (%): 64.13%
Gaza Strip – Arable Land (%): 29%
Permanent Crops (%): 21%
Other(%): 50% |
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West Bank – droughts
Gaza Strip – droughts |
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| Environment - Current Issues |
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West Bank – adequacy of freshwater supply; sewage treatment
Gaza Strip – desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne
disease; soil degradation; depletion and contamination of underground water resources |
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West Bank – 2,568,555
Gaza Strip – 1,657,155 |
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West Bank –
Total: 21.3 years
Male: 21.1 years
Female: 21.5 years
Gaza Strip –
Total: 17.7 years
Male: 17.5 years
Female: 17.9 years |
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West Bank – 2.097% (Ranked 42 out of 231)
Gaza Strip – 3.201% (Ranked 7th out of 231) |
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| Life Expectancy at Birth (Total Population) |
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West Bank – 75.01 years
Gaza Strip – 73.92 years |
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West Bank – 3.05 children born per woman
Gaza Strip – 4.74 children born per woman |
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| Literacy Rate (Total Population) |
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West Bank – 92.4%
Gaza Strip – 92.4% |
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| School Life Expectance (primary to tertiary education) |
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Definition
| West Bank & Gaza Strip: 14 years |
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| Conventional Long Form Name (for both West Bank and Gaza Strip) |
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Definition
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| Government Type & Capital City (for both West Bank and Gaza Strip) (de facto & claimed) |
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Government Type: Republic (Semi-presidential & parliamentary democracy)
De Facto Capital City: Ramallah, West Bank & Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Claimed Capital City: East Jerusalem |
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Term
| Chief of State (full name) |
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Definition
| President Mahmoud Reda Abbas (Serves as President of the State of Palestine, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organizatio [PLO] and President of the Palestinian National Authority) |
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Term
| Head of Government (full name) |
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Definition
| Prime Minister Salam Fayyad |
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Term
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Definition
Change and Reform (Hamas political wing)
Fatah
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
The Alternative
Independent Palestine
Third Way |
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| International Organization Participation |
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OIC
Non-Aligned Movement
UNESCO
UN (observer)
WHO (observer)
Arab Monetary Fund |
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| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – per capita (PPP) |
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Definition
| West Bank & Gaza Strip – $2,900 |
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| Labor Force - by Occupation |
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Definition
West Bank:
Agriculture (%): 12%
Industry (%): 23%
Services (%): 65%
Gaza Strip:
Agriculture (%): 12%
Industry (%): 5%
Services (%): 83% |
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Term
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Definition
West Bank: 16.5%
Gaza Strip: 40% |
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| Population below the poverty line |
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Definition
West Bank: 46%
Gaza Strip: 70% |
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| Agriculture - products (top three) |
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Definition
West Bank: olives; citrus fruit; & vegetables
Gaza Strip: olives; fruit; & vegetables |
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West Bank: Small-scale manufacturing; quarrying; & textiles
Gaza Strip: Textiles & Food Processing |
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Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
(Number of Refugees & Country of Origin) |
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Definition
West Bank: 722,000 (Palestinian refugees)
Gaza Strip: 1.017 million (Palestinian refugees) |
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West Bank:
the Palestinian Authority operates 1 television and 1 radio station; about 30 independent TV and 25 radio stations operating; Jordanian TV is available; satellite TV is accessible
Gaza Strip:
1 television station and about 10 radio stations |
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| Ranking of Number of Internet Users in Country |
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Definition
West Bank: 88th out of 216
Gaza Strip: 87th out of 216 |
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