Bethlehem Governorate

The Bethlehem Governorate is one of 16 governorates of . It covers an area of the , south of . Its principal city and district capital is .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Za’atara and Maale Rehavam.

Town
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Za'atara is a Palestinian town located 11 km southeast of . The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 7,849 in 2017. is situated 4½ km northwest of Bethlehem Governorate.

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Ma'ale Rehav'am is an Israeli outpost in the , located south of and northeast of in the northeastern Judean Mountains on Road 3698 in the eastern Etzion bloc. is situated 4 km west of Bethlehem Governorate.

Village
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Nokdim is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the . Located south of in the northern Judean Mountains, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. is situated 5 km west of Bethlehem Governorate.

Bethlehem Governorate

Latitude
31.65° or 31° 39′ north
Longitude
35.3° or 35° 18′ east
Population
216,000
Elevation
399 metres (1,309 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM822+22
Geo­Names ID
7870463
Wiki­data ID
Q247037
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bethlehem Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة بيت لحم”
  • Aragonese: “Gubernación de Betlem”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Belén”
  • Basque: “Betleemgo Gobernazioa”
  • Belarusian: “Віфлеем”
  • Bengali: “বেথলেহেম প্রদেশ”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Betlem”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای بێت لەحم”
  • Chinese: “伯利恒省”
  • Czech: “Betlém”
  • Danish: “Bethlehem Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Bethlehem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة بيت لحم”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Bet-Leĥemo”
  • Finnish: “Bethlehemin kuvernoraatti”
  • Finnish: “Betlehemin kuvernementti”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Bethléem”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Bethléem”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Belén”
  • German: “Bethlehem Gouvernement”
  • German: “Gouvernement Bethlehem”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Βηθλεέμ”
  • Gujarati: “બેથલેહેમ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “בית לחם (נפה)”
  • Hebrew: “בית לחם”
  • Hindi: “बैतलहम प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Betlehem kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Bethlehem”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Betlemme”
  • Japanese: “ベツレヘム”
  • Japanese: “ベツレヘム県”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಥ್ ಲೆಹೆಮ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “베들레헴주”
  • Latvian: “Bētlemes muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Betliejaus muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Bait Laham”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Baitlaham”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Bethlehem”
  • Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Betlem”
  • Marathi: “बेथलहेम गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bethlehem Governorate”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Betlehem guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Betlehem”
  • Persian: “استان بیت‌لحم”
  • Polish: “Betlejem”
  • Portuguese: “Governamento de Belém”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Betleem”
  • Russian: “Вифлеем”
  • Scots: “Bethlehem Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “බෙත්ලෙහෙම් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Betlehemský governorát”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Betlehem”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Belen”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Belén”
  • Swedish: “Betlehems guvernement”
  • Tamil: “பெத்லகேம் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பெத்லகேம் கோவெர்னோரேட்”
  • Tamil: “பைத்துலகம் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Telugu: “బెత్లెహామ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตการปกครองเบธเลเฮม”
  • Turkish: “Bethlehem Yönetimi”
  • Turkish: “Beytüllahim Valiliği”
  • Ukrainian: “Вифлеєм (провінція)”
  • Ukrainian: “Вифлеєм”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Вифлеєм”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ بیت لحم”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Bethlehem”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Bethlehem”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بیت اللحم”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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