Quds Governorate

The Jerusalem Governorate, also known as the Quds Governorate, is one of the 16 governorates of and located in the central part of the .
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  • Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 419,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of the State of Palestine covering East Jerusalem, annexed by Israel in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Al Quds”, “gouvernorat de Qods”, “gouvernorat de Quds”, “Jerusalem”, “Jerusalem Governorate”, “Kegabenoran al-Quds”, “Kegabenoran Baitulmakdis”, “Kegabenoran Baitulmuqaddis”, “Kegabenoran Jerusalem”, “Kegabenoran Quds”, “Llywodraethiaeth Caersalem”, “Muḥāfaẓat al-Quds”, “Nafat al-Quds”, “القدس”, “यरुशलम प्रांत”, and “エルサレム”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Monastery of Martyrius and Monastery of Euthymius.

Archaeological site
, whose ruins, known as Khirbet…

Archaeological site
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
The started as a lavra-type… is situated 3½ km east of Quds Governorate.

Peak
is an archaeological site in the… is situated 4 km northwest of Quds Governorate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale Adumim and East Jerusalem.

Photo: Labour Palestine, CC BY 2.0.
Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the , east of .

Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories.

Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pisgat Ze'ev is an Israeli settlement… is situated 5 km northwest of Quds Governorate.

Quds Governorate

Latitude
31.8° or 31° 48′ north
Longitude
35.3° or 35° 18′ east
Population
419,000
Elevation
289 metres (948 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ8X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
7870654
Wiki­data ID
Q941828
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Quds Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة القدس”
  • Aragonese: “Gubernación de Cherusalem”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Xerusalén”
  • Basque: “Jerusalemgo Gobernazioa”
  • Belarusian: “Ерусалім”
  • Belarusian: “Іерусалім”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Jerusalem”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای قودس”
  • Chinese: “耶路撒冷省”
  • Czech: “Kudský guvernorát”
  • Dutch: “Jeruzalem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة القدس”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Jerusalemo”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Jérusalem”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Xerusalén”
  • German: “Gouvernement Jerusalem”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ιερουσαλήμ”
  • Hebrew: “אל-קודס”
  • Hindi: “क़ुद्स प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Jeruzsálem kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Quds”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Yerusalem”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Gerusalemme”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Gerusalemme”
  • Japanese: “エルサレム県”
  • Korean: “예루살렘주”
  • Korean: “쿠드스주”
  • Lithuanian: “Jeruzalės muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Baitulmaqdis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jerusalem guvernement”
  • Persian: “استان قدس”
  • Polish: “Jerozolima”
  • Portuguese: “Jerusalém (província)”
  • Portuguese: “Jerusalém”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Ierusalim”
  • Russian: “Иерусалим”
  • Scots: “Jerusalem Govrenorate”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Jeruzalem”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Jerusalén”
  • Swedish: “Jerusalems provins”
  • Turkish: “Kudüs valiliği”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ یروشلم”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Jerwsalem”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بیت المقدس”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ma‘ale Adummim and Al Ka‘ābinah (Tajammu‘ Badawī).

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Isawiya and Qaşr ar Rawābī.

West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.

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