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 West Bank, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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: “Muḥāfaẓat Rām Allāh wa l Bīra”, “Nafat Rāmallāh VeAl Bīra”, “Ramallah”, and “Ramallah and al-Bireh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Government Departments Complex and Al Manara Square.
Government Departments Complex
Public building
Photo: PalestinianLiberator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine. Mukataas were mostly built during the British Mandate as Tegart forts and were used both as British government centers and as dwellings for the British administrative staff.
Al Manara Square
Square
Photo: AmeenSaeb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Manara Square is a town square located in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine. It has been called "one of Palestine’s renowned public spaces."…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ramallah and Al-Bireh.
Ramallah
Photo: GuillaumeG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ramallah or Ram Allah is a small city in the West Bank region of the Palestinian Territories, located 15 km north of Jerusalem. Since the inception of the Palestinian National Authority, Ramallah has acted as the de facto capital city of the Palestinian administration.
Al-Bireh
Town
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Bireh, al-Birah, or el-Bira is a city in the central West Bank, 15 kilometers north of Jerusalem. It is the capital of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine.
Kafr ’Aqab
Suburb
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kafr 'Aqab is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is part of the area annexed and included in municipal Jerusalem following its occupation by Israel in 1967. Kafr ’Aqab is situated 3½ km south of Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate.
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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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: “נפת רמאללה ואל-בירה”
- Hebrew: “רמאללה ואל-בירה (נפה)”
- Hebrew: “רמאללה ואל-בירה”
- Hindi: “रामल्लाह और अल-बिरेह गवर्नरेट”
- 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”
- Japanese: “ラマッラー／アル・ビーレ”
- 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: “Gobernacion de Ramala y Al Bireh”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Ramala y Al Bireh”
- Swedish: “Ramallah och al-Bireh”
- Tajik: “муҳофазаи Ромуллоҳ ва ал-Бира”
- Tamil: “இராமல்லாவும் பீராவும் ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “ரமல்லா மற்றும் அல் - பீரே ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “ரமல்லா மற்றும் அல் - பீரே கவர்னரேட்”
- 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 Ramala ac Al-Bireh”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Ramallah ac Al-Bireh”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع رملہ تے البیرہ”
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