Bethlehem Governorate
The Bethlehem Governorate is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers an area of the West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Its principal city and district capital is Bethlehem.
- Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 216,000 residents
- Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
- Also known as: “Gobernacion de Belen”, “Kegabenoran Bait Laham”, “Kegabenoran Baitlaham”, “Muḥāfaẓat Bayt Laḥm”, “Провінція Вифлеєм”, and “பெத்லகேம் ஆளுநரகம்”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Za’atara and Maale Rehavam.
Za’atara
Town
Za'atara is a Palestinian town located 11 km southeast of Bethlehem. Za’atara is situated 4½ km northwest of Bethlehem Governorate.
Maale Rehavam
Village
Nokedim
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Bethlehem Governorate
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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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
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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 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: “Gobernación de Belén”
- Swedish: “Betlehems guvernement”
- Tamil: “பெத்லகேம் கோவெர்னோரேட்”
- Tamil: “பைத்துலகம் ஆளுநரகம்”
- Telugu: “బెత్లెహామ్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตการปกครองเบธเลเฮม”
- Turkish: “Bethlehem Yönetimi”
- Turkish: “Beytüllahim Valiliği”
- Ukrainian: “Вифлеєм (провінція)”
- Ukrainian: “Вифлеєм”
- Urdu: “محافظہ بیت لحم”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Bethlehem”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Bethlehem”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع بیت اللحم”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Maale rekavam and Kefar eldad.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Khawr ad Dawā‘irah and Qarn al Ḩajar.
West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations
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