Government Departments Complex

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.
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  • Type: Public building
  • Description: the headquarters of the Palestinian presidency
  • Also known as: “Al-Muqata’a in Ramallah”, “La Muqata”, “Moukata”, “Mukataa”, “Mukataa Ramallah”, “Mukuataa”, “Muqata”, “Muqata’a Ramallah”, “Muquataa”, “Аль-Мукатаа”, “Эль-Мукатаа”, and “مقر المقاطعة”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yasser Arafat Museum and Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque.

Museum
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Mosque
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Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is the largest in , , . Located in the Downtown district of the city, the mosque is named after the late president and Arab leader Gamal Abdel Nasser. is situated 1 km south of Government Departments Complex.

Square
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is a town square located in , , . It has been called "one of Palestine’s renowned public spaces."… is situated 1 km southwest of Government Departments Complex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Bireh and Ramallah.

Town
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is a city in the central , 15 kilometers north of . It is the capital of the of the State of Palestine.

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or Ram Allah is a small city in the region of the Palestinian Territories, located 15 km north of . Since the inception of the Palestinian National Authority, has acted as the de facto capital city of the Palestinian administration.

Village
Photo: Ramallite, Public domain.
is an Israeli settlement in the , located on Tawil hill, adjacent to the Palestinian cities of and . Established in 1981, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of , with the council's headquarters located there.

Government Departments Complex

Latitude
31.91224° or 31° 54′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.20803° or 35° 12′ 29″ east
Open location code
8G3QW665+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432281102
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­public_building
Wiki­data ID
Q1953449
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Government Departments Complex” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المقاطعة”
  • Arabic: “مقر الرئاسة الفلسطينية”
  • Asturian: “Muqataa”
  • Basque: “Mukata”
  • Catalan: “Muqataa”
  • Chinese: “穆卡塔”
  • Danish: “Mukataa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقر الرئاسه الفلسطينيه (المقاطعه)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقر الرئاسه الفلسطينيه”
  • French: “Mouqata’a”
  • German: “Muqataa”
  • German: “Regierungsbehörden”
  • Hebrew: “המוקטעה”
  • Hebrew: “מוקאטעה”
  • Hebrew: “מוקטעה”
  • Italian: “Muqata’a”
  • Japanese: “ムカタア”
  • Kazakh: “Әл-Мұқатаға”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mukata”
  • Norwegian: “Mukata”
  • Persian: “موکاتا”
  • Russian: “Муката”
  • Spanish: “Muqataa”
  • Urdu: “ریاست فلسطین کا صدارتی دفتر”
  • “Al-Muqata’a”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Govermernt Departments Complex and Alhilal AlAhmar Organization.

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