List of cities administered by the State of Palestine

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Map of Area A, Palestinian localities in Area B and Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem (who are under full Israel control).

The following is a list of cities administered by the State of Palestine. After the 1995 Interim Agreements, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) took control of civil affairs in both designated Areas, A and B, where most Palestinian population centers are located (except those within the municipal borders of East Jerusalem). Israel Defense Forces are responsible for security in Area B in the West Bank and have full control over localities in Area C.

Following the 2007 rift between the main two Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, the PNA has been split with the former dominating the Palestinian government in the West Bank and the latter controlling the Gaza Strip.

Local regulations[edit]

The Local Government Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority is responsible for granting a town with city or municipality status. However, there is no specific guidelines for a particular locality to achieve the status of Palestinian city. It is mostly judged on the population reaching above 20,000. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics took its latest official census in 2007.[1]

List of cities[edit]

The largest city in the Gaza Strip and the entire Palestinian Territories is Gaza City and the largest in the West Bank is Hebron. Some cities form agglomerations with other towns or cities, such as the Bethlehem metropolitan area with Beit Jala and Beit Sahour. Ramallah and al-Bireh also form an agglomeration and are often considered a single city.

The following is a list of all Palestinian cities under Ramallah administration, their governorates, their specific jurisdictions and their populations as of 2007 by the PCBS.

  Cities in the West Bank
  Cities in the Gaza Strip
Hebron (al-Khalil)
Common Name Arabic Name Governorate Jurisdiction Population (Mid-year 2015)[2]
Abasan al-Kabira عبسان الكبيرة Khan Yunis Area A 23,198
Abu Dis أبو ديس Jerusalem Area B 12,385
Bani Na'im بني نعيم Hebron Area A, Area B 25,698
Bani Suheila بني سهيلا Khan Yunis Area A 39,941
Beit Hanoun بيت حانون North Gaza Area A 51,073
Beit Jala بيت جالا Bethlehem Area A 14,419
Beit Lahia بيت لاهيا North Gaza Area A 86,526
Beit Sahour بيت ساحور Bethlehem Area A 15,165
Beit Ummar بيت اُمّر Hebron Area B 17,335
Beitunia بيتونيا Ramallah and al-Bireh Area A 24,592
Bethlehem (Beit Lahm) بيت لحم Bethlehem Area A 30,983
al-Bireh البيرة Ramallah and al-Bireh Area A 47,540
Deir al-Balah دير البلح Deir al-Balah Area A 70,045
ad-Dhahiriya الظاهرية Hebron Area A 36,820
Dura دوره Hebron Area A 36,170
Gaza City (Ghazzah) غزة هاشم Gaza Area A 566,331
Halhul حلحول Hebron Area A 28,313
Hebron (al-Khalil) الخليل Hebron Area A, Area B, Area C 208,750
Idhna إذنا Hebron Area B 24,326
Jabalia جباليا North Gaza Area A 165,110
Jenin جنين Jenin Area A 47,305
Jericho (Ariha) أريحا Jericho Area A 22,609
Khan Yunis خان يونس Khan Yunis Area A 179,701
Nablus نابلس Nablus Area A 149,772
Qabatiya قباطية Jenin Area A 23,282
Qalqilya قلقيليه Qalqilya Area A 50,700
Rafah رفح Rafah Area A 158,414
Ramallah رام الله Ramallah and al-Bireh Area A 34,173
Sa'ir سعير Hebron Area B 23,089
as-Samu السموع Hebron Area A 25,141
Tubas طوباس Jenin Area A 20,801
Tulkarm طولكرم Tulkarm Area A 59,114
Ya'bad يعبد Jenin Area A 16,543
al-Yamun اليامون Jenin Area A 19,870
Yatta يطّا Hebron Area A 62,277
az-Zawayda الزوايده Deir al-Balah Area A 21,795

Mixed cities[edit]

  • Hebron (الخليل/חברון): Hebron is a city where few hundred Israelis live among 480,000 Palestinians. The Israelis claim to live primarily in the historic Jewish quarter, that existed before the 1929 Hebron massacre.[3]

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