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The State o Palestine (Arabic: دولة فلسطين, Dawla(t) Filasṭīn), offeecially simply Palestine (Arabic: فلسطين, Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn),[4][16] is a polity that wis unilaterally declared in Algiers on 15 November 1988, when the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) National Council (PNC) adoptit the Palestinian Declaration o Unthirldom. In the West Bank is bordered tae the east an wast bi Jordan an Israel respectively. While in the Gaza Strip, it is bordered bi Egyp and Israel.
State o Palestine[i] | |
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![]() Territory claimed bi the State o Palestine (green)[3] Territory an aa claimed bi Israel (licht green) | |
Status | Pairtially recognised state, UN observer state Recognised bi 136 UN member states |
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Lairgest ceety | Gaza Ceety |
Offeecial leids | Arabic |
Demonym(s) | Palestinian |
Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic[6] |
• Preses | Mahmoud Abbasb |
• Prime Meenister | Rami Hamdallah |
• Speaker o Pairlament | Salim Zanoun |
Legislatur | Naitional Cooncil |
Formation | |
• Declaration o Unthirldom | 15 November 1988 |
• UNGA observer state resolution | 29 November 2012 |
• Sovereignty dispute wi Israel | Ongaeinc[iii][7][8] |
Aurie | |
• Total | 6,020[9] km2 (2,320 sq mi) (163rd) |
• Water (%) | 3.5[10] |
5,860 km2 | |
360 km2[11] | |
Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 4,550,368[12] (123rd) |
• Density | 731/km2 (1,893.3/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2008a estimate |
• Total | $11.95 billiona (–) |
• Per capita | $2,900a (–) |
Gini (2009) | 35.5[13] medium |
HDI (2014) | ![]() medium · 113t |
Currency | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Palestine Staundart Time) |
UTC+3 (Palestine Simmer Time) | |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +970 |
ISO 3166 code | PS |
Internet TLD | .ps |
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Palestine is dividit intae 16 govrenorates an thir include:
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