Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate

The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers a large part of the central , on the northern border of the .
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  • Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 348,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
  • Also known as: “Gobernacion de Ramala y Al Bireh”, “Llywodraethiaeth Ramala ac Al-Bireh”, “Muḥāfaẓat Rām Allāh wa l Bīra”, “Nafat Rāmallāh VeAl Bīra”, “Ramallah”, “Ramallah and al-Bireh”, “נפת רמאללה ואל-בירה”, “ரமல்லா மற்றும் அல் - பீரே கவர்னரேட்”, and “ラマッラー／アル・ビーレ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Government Departments Complex and Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque.

Public building
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Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine.

Mosque
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Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is the largest in , , .

Square
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is a town square located in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramallah and Al-Bireh.

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or Ram Allah is a small city in the …

Town
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is a city in the central , 15 kilometers north of .

Suburb
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Kafr 'Aqab is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in . is situated 3½ km south of Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate.

Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate

Latitude
31.9051° or 31° 54′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.2059° or 35° 12′ 21″ east
Population
348,000
Elevation
880 metres (2,887 feet)
Open location code
8G3QW644+29
Geo­Names ID
7870657
Wiki­data ID
Q1093166
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة رام الله والبيرة”
  • Aragonese: “Gubernación de Ramala y Al-Bireh”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Ramala y Al Bireh”
  • Basque: “Ramala eta Al Birehko Gobernazioa”
  • Basque: “Ramalla eta al-Birehko Gobernazioa”
  • Bengali: “রামাল্লা ও আল-বিরহ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Ramal·lah i al-Bireh”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ڕامەڵڵا و بیرە”
  • Chinese: “拉姆安拉和比雷赫省”
  • Chinese: “拉馬拉和比雷赫省”
  • Chinese: “拉马拉和比雷赫省”
  • Danish: “Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Ramallah & Al-Bireh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة رام الله والبيره”
  • Finnish: “Ramallah ja al-Birehn kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Ramallah et Al-Bireh”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Ramallah et Al-Bireh”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Ramala e Al Bireh”
  • German: “Gouvernement Ramallah und al-Bira”
  • German: “Gouvernement Ramallah und al-Bireh”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ραμάλα και αλ-Μπίρεχ”
  • Gujarati: “રામલ્લાહ એન્ડ અલ-બિરેહ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “רמאללה ואל-בירה (נפה)”
  • Hebrew: “רמאללה ואל-בירה”
  • Hindi: “रामल्लाह और अल-बीरा प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Rámalláh és el-Bíra kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Ramallah dan al-Bireh”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Ramallah e al-Bireh”
  • Japanese: “ラマッラー・アル＝ビーレ県”
  • Kannada: “ರಾಮಾಲ್ಲಾಹ್ ಮತ್ತು ಅಲ್-ಬೈರೆ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “라말라알비레주”
  • Latvian: “Rāmallas un Bīras muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Ramalos ir Biros muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Ramallah dan al-Bireh”
  • Marathi: “रामाल्ला अँड अल-बिरेहचे गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ramallah og al-Bireh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ramallah og al-Bireh guvernement”
  • Persian: “استان رام‌الله و البیره”
  • Polish: “Ramallah i Al-Bira”
  • Portuguese: “Ramallah og al-Bireh”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Ramallah ṣi al-Bireh”
  • Russian: “Рамалла и эль-Бира”
  • Scots: “Ramallah an al-Bireh Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “රමල්ලා සහ අල්-බිරේ පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Goverat Ramala in Al Bireh”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Ramala y Al Bireh”
  • Swedish: “Ramallah och al-Birehs guvernement”
  • Tajik: “муҳофазаи Ромуллоҳ ва ал-Бира”
  • Tamil: “இராமல்லாவும் பீராவும் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “ரமல்லா மற்றும் அல் - பீரே ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Telugu: “రామల్లా మరియు అల్-బిరేహ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Turkish: “Ramallah ve al-Bireh Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Ramallah ve el Bireh valiliği”
  • Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Рамалла та ель-Біра”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ رام الله اور البیرہ”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ رام اللہ و البیرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Ramallah và al-Bireh”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Ramal-lâh ac Al-Bireh”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Ramallah ac Al-Bireh”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع رملہ تے البیرہ”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ḩayy al Manārah and Qaddura.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: ‘Imārat as Sintrāl and ‘Imārat al Bakrī.

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