Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
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The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate ( ) is one of 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip were divided into three areas and 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority.-West Bank:...

. It covers a large part of the central West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate
Jerusalem Governorate
The Jerusalem Governorate is one of 16 Palestinian governorates situated in the central portion of the West Bank. Its claimed district capital is East Jerusalem, which is, however, under Israeli occupation and regarded by Israel as being part of its territory. The total land area of the...

. Its district capital or muhfaza (seat) is the city of al-Bireh
Al-Bireh
al-Bireh or el-Bira is a Palestinian city adjacent to Ramallah in the central West Bank, north of Jerusalem. It is situated on the central ridge running through the West Bank and is above sea level, covering an area of...

.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is the statistical organization under the umbrella of the Palestinian Cabinet of the Palestinian National Authority....

 (PCBS), the district had a population of 279,730 in 2007. Its governor is Dr. Laila Ghannam, the first Female Governor.

Localities

According to PCBS, the governorate has 78 localities including refugee camp
Refugee camp
A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands of people may live in any one single camp. Usually they are built and run by a government, the United Nations, or international organizations, or NGOs.Refugee camps are generally set up in an impromptu...

s in its jurisdiction. Thirteen localities retain the status of a municipality.

Cities

  • Ramallah
    Ramallah
    Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority...

     : 27,460
  • Beitunia
    Beitunia
    Beitunia also Bitunya is a Palestinian town located west of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem. The town is in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank...

     : 19,761
  • al-Bireh
    Al-Bireh
    al-Bireh or el-Bira is a Palestinian city adjacent to Ramallah in the central West Bank, north of Jerusalem. It is situated on the central ridge running through the West Bank and is above sea level, covering an area of...

     : 38,202
  • Rawabi
    Rawabi
    Rawabi is the first Palestinian planned city in the West Bank. Rawabi is to be located near Ramallah and Bir Zeit. A master plan has been drawn up for the city, which will consist of 10,000 homes in six neighborhoods with a population of 40,000. Homebuyers will have access to an affordable...

     : under construction

Municipalities

The following localities in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate have populations over 5,000
  • Bani Zeid
    Bani Zeid
    Bani Zeid is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the north-central West Bank and about south-west of Salfit. A town of 5,515 inhabitants, Bani Zeid was created as a merger between the villages of Deir Ghassaneh and Beit Rima...

  • Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya
    Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya
    Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located north of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was formed as a result of a merger of the villages of 'Arura, Mazari al-Nubani, and Abwein, although the latter separated from the municipality...

  • Beit Liqya
    Beit Liqya
    Beit Liqya is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, 21 kilometers Southwest of Ramallah...

  • Bir Zeit
    Bir Zeit
    Birzeit is a Palestinian town near Ramallah in the central West Bank. Its population in the 2007 census was 4529...

  • Deir Dibwan
    Deir Dibwan
    Deir Dibwan is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank 7 kilometers east of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the town had a population of approximately 5,252 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. There were 5,016 people from...

  • Deir Jarir
    Deir Jarir
    Deir Jarir is a Palestinian agricultural town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located eleven kilometers east of Ramallah. It is situated on a hilltop overlooking the Jordan Valley at an elevation of 900 meters...

  • al-Ittihad
    Al-Ittihad, Ramallah
    Al-Ittihad is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, created in 1997 as a merger of three towns Beitillu,Deir 'Ammar and Jammala...

  • Kharbatha al-Misbah
    Kharbatha al-Misbah
    Kharbatha al-Misbah is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, located west of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,211 in 2007. Nearby towns and villages include Beit Liqya to the south...

  • al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya
    Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya
    al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 15 kilometers Northeast of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of approximately 4,495 inhabitants in 2007....

  • Ni'lin
    Ni'lin
    Ni'lin is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located west of Ramallah. Ni'lin is about east of the 1949 Armistice Line bordered by Deir Qaddis, the Israeli settlements of Nili and Na'ale to the northeast, the village of al-Midya and Modi'in...

  • Silwad
    Silwad
    Silwad is a Palestinian town located 12 kilometers north-east of Ramallah, about 5 km away from the Nablus-Jerusalem highway. Silwad altitude is 860 Meter above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 6,123 inhabitants in...

  • Sinjil
    Sinjil
    Sinjil is a Palestinian town located northeast of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. The village is surrounded by the village of Turmus Ayya and the Israeli settlement of Shilo....

  • Turmus Ayya
    Turmus Ayya
    Turmus Ayya is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the West Bank. Its surrounding villages are Sinjil , Khirbet Abu Falah and the Israeli settlement of Shilo...

  • al-Zaitounah
    Al-Zaitounah
    Al-Zaitounah is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was formed in 2005 as the result of a merger of the villages of Abu Shukheidim and al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya. In 2007, al-Zaitounah had a population of 6,190, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics...


Village councils

The following localities in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate have populations over 1,000.

  • Aboud
    Aboud
    Aboud or Abud is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, Occupied Palestinian territories, about 22 kilometers northwest of Ramallah and 30 kilometers north of Jerusalem. Other nearby towns include al-Lubban to the northeast and Bani Zeid to the...

  • Abu Qash
    Abu Qash
    Abu Qash is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, north of Ramallah and south of the Birzeit University. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,404 in 2007....

  • Abwein
    Abwein
    Abwein is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located about 37 kilometers north of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abwein had a population of 6,000 inhabitants in 2007. Most of Abwein's population are...

  • Ajjul
    Ajjul
    Ajjul is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, located about nineteen kilometers north of Ramallah. There are two archaeological sites or khirbets to the east of the village. One of the khirbets is dedicated to a former resident of Ajjul, Sheikh...

  • 'Atara
    'Atara
    Atara is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 15 kilometers north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. A village of nearly 2,300 inhabitants, it is situated along a mountain ridge line with four peaks and is built upon the second highest point in the West Bank...

  • Beitin
    Beitin
    Beitin is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located northeast of Ramallah along the Ramallah-Nablus road...

  • Bil'in
    Bil'in
    Bil'in is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, west of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bil'in has a population of 1,800, mostly Muslims.-History:...

  • Beit Rima
  • Beit Sira
    Beit Sira
    Beit Sira is a Palestinian village in the central West Bank, located 22 kilometers west of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The village is situated along the Green Line and during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, around 4,000 dunams of its land became a part of the...

  • Beit Ur al-Fauqa
    Beit Ur al-Fauqa
    Beit Ur al-Fauqa is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, east of Ramallah and southeast of Beit Ur al-Tahta...

  • Beit Ur al-Tahta
    Beit Ur al-Tahta
    Beit Ur al-Tahta is a Palestinian village located in the Seam Zone in the central West Bank, in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate. The village is located on the site of the biblical Bethoron, on a hilltop facing Beit Ur al-Foqa...

  • Budrus
    Budrus
    Budrus is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 31 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 1,399 inhabitants in 2007."Budrus" is Arabic for "Peter" and in...

  • Burqa
    Burqa, Ramallah
    Burqa is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located east of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of approximately 2,090 inhabitants in the 2007 census....

  • Deir Ibzi
    Deir Ibzi
    Deir Ibzi is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 10 kilometers west of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 2,069 inhabitants in 2007.-External links:*...

  • Deir Abu Mash'al
    Deir Abu Mash'al
    Deir Abu Mash'al is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located west of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of approximately 3,522 inhabitants in 2007.-References:...

  • Deir Qaddis
    Deir Qaddis
    Deir Qaddis is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located sixteen kilometers west of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 1,942 inhabitants in 2007. The town consists of...

  • Deir as-Sudan
    Deir as-Sudan
    Deir as-Sudan is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 20 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of approximately 1,991 inhabitants in 2007....

  • Dura al-Qar
  • Ein 'Arik
    Ein 'Arik
    Ein 'Arik is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 7 kilometers west of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 1,567 inhabitants in 2007. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics...

  • Ein Qiniya
    Ein Qiniya
    Ein Qiniya or Ayn Kiniya is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Ein Qiniya has existed since the Roman-era of rule in Palestine. The village is very small with no public structures or institutions...

  • Ein Yabrud
    Ein Yabrud
    Ein Yabrud is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. It is located approximately 7 km northeast of the city of Ramallah and its elevation is 800 m. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the town had a population of 3,000...


  • al-Janiya
    Al-Janiya
    Al-Janiya is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 8 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of 1,170 inhabitants in mid-year 2006....

  • Jifna
    Jifna
    Jifna is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, Palestinian Territories, located north of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem. A village of about 1,400 people, Jifna has retained a Christian majority since the 6th century CE...

  • Kafr Ein
    Kafr Ein
    Kafr Ein is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Kafr Ein had a population of 1,743 inhabitants in 2007...

  • Kafr Malik
    Kafr Malik
    Kafr Malik is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 17 kilometers Northeast of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 2,787 inhabitants in 2007....

  • Kafr Nima
  • Khirbet Abu Falah
    Khirbet Abu Falah
    Khirbet Abu Falah is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located north of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of approximately 4,237 inhabitants in 2007....

  • Kobar
    Kobar
    Kobar is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah. The village is situated on a hill at an altitude of 640 meters above sea level and is along Highway 37. Its built-up area consists of about 1,300 dunams and a total...

  • al-Lubban al-Gharbi
    Al-Lubban al-Gharbi
    Al-Lubban al-Gharbi is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 21 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,476 inhabitants in 2007.Al-Lubban al-Gharbi has...

  • Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya
  • al-Midya
    Al-Midya
    al-Midya is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 20 kilometers west of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,301 inhabitants in 2007.Al-Midya's total land area was...

  • al-Mughayyir
  • Qarawat Bani Zeid
    Qarawat Bani Zeid
    Qarawat Bani Zeid is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 22 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Qarawat Bani Zeid had a population of 2,915 inhabitants in 2007...

  • Qibya
    Qibya
    Qibya is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah and exactly north of the large Israeli city of Modi'in. It is part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 4,901 in...

  • Rammun
    Rammun
    Rammun is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located twelve kilometers east of Ramallah and three kilometers south of Taybeh...

  • Rantis
    Rantis
    Rantis is a Palestinian town in the West Bank, located in the northwestern Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 33 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,900 in mid-year 2006...

  • Ras Karkar
    Ras Karkar
    Ras Karkar is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 1,663 inhabitants in 2007....

  • Saffa
    Saffa, Ramallah
    Saffa is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 18 kilometers west of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of approximately 3,802 inhabitants in 2007....

  • Shuqba
    Shuqba
    Shuqba is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 17.71 kilometers northwest of the city of Ramallah in Palestine...

  • Surda
    Surda, Ramallah
    Surda is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 6 kilometers Northeast of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of 1,031 inhabitants in 2007.Surda is the birthplace of Professional...

  • Taybeh
    Taybeh
    Taybeh is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, 35 kilometers north of Jerusalem and 12 kilometers northeast of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 850 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Taybeh had a population of 1,452 in 2007...

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