Ramallah an al-Bireh Govrenorate
The Ramallah an al-Bireh Governorate (Arabic: محافظة رام الله والبيرة) is ane o 16 Govrenorates o Palestine. It covers a lairge pairt o the central Wast Bank, on the northren border o the Jerusalem Govrenorate. Its destrict caipital or muhfaza (seat) is the ceety o al-Bireh.[1][2]
Accordin tae the Palestinian Central Bureau o Statistics (PCBS), the destrict haed a population o 279,730 in 2007.[3] Its governor is Said Abu Ali.[4]
Localities
eeditAccordin tae PCBS, the govrenorate haes 78 localities includin refugee camps in its jurisdiction. Thirteen localities retain the status o a municipality.
Ceeties
eeditMunicipalities
eeditThe follaeing localities in the Ramallah an al-Bireh Govrenorate hae populations ower 10,000
- Bani Zeid
- Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya
- Beit Liqya
- Bir Zeit
- Deir Dibwan
- Deir Jarir
- al-Ittihad
- Kharbatha al-Misbah
- al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya
- Ni'lin
- Silwad
- Sinjil
- Turmus Ayya
- al-Zaitounah
Village cooncils
eeditThe follaein localities in the Ramallah an al-Bireh Governorate hae populations ower 1,000.
Refugee camps
eeditSee an aa
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ :: Al-Bireh Municipality :: Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Administrative divisions in Palestine Archived 2006-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ [1] Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2010-12-03.
- ↑ [2] Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine