Bethlehem Governorate
Governorate of Palestine
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Geography
According to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the governorate has a total area of around 660 km2.
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Demographics
As of the 2017 census, 217,400 people lived in the governorate. There were 188,851 Muslims and 23,165 Christians. In the 2007 census, the population was 176,515. In the 1997 census, the population was 137,286.
Politics
Politically, the Bethlehem Governorate is somewhat of a stronghold of the left. In the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and The Alternative both had their best results. Its governor, appointed March 2024 is Muhammad Taha Hassan Abu Alia, member 45 of the Fatah Revolutionary Council's 2009 Sixth Congress.
Localities
The governorate consists of 10 municipalities, 3 refugee camps, and 58 rural districts.
Municipalities
- Battir
- Beit Fajjar
- Beit Jala
- Beit Sahour
- Bethlehem
- al-Dawha
- Husan
- al-Khader
- Nahalin
- Tuqu'
- al-Ubeidiya
- Za'atara
Local and village councils
Refugee camps
- Aida
- 'Azza
- Dheisheh