West Bank

The West Bank is an area located in the between and , to the north of the . It forms the larger half of the semi-autonomous Palestinian Territories, the smaller half being the .
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is a small city located some 10 km south of the Old City of within the West Bank, in an "Area A" zone administered by the Palestinian Authority.

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or Ram Allah is a small city in the West Bank 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.

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is an ancient city in the southern West Bank. It is the traditional burial place of the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their wives.

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, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of and some 55 km from .

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is a large city within the Palestinian Territories, in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, some 63 km north of .

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is a city in the West Bank, , and is the capital of the . It is a hub for the surrounding towns. came under Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority as Area A of the West Bank, a Palestinian enclave, in 1995.

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is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, on the border between and the West Bank. Its population was about 82,000 in 2017.

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is an Israeli settlement in "Area C", within the north-central West Bank. It is approximately 40 km east of Tel-Aviv and 30 km east of . It is beside the Palestinian town of Salfit.

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Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, east of . It has about 37,000 residents.

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or Qalqiliya is a city in the West Bank, , which serves as the administrative center of the Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017.

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is a group of Israeli settlements in the West Bank between and , about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.

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a small Israeli settlement in the north-central West Bank, located near the historical site of the Samarian city of the same name.

West Bank

  • Type: Region with 2,950,000 residents
  • Description: Palestinian territory on the western bank of the Jordan River, occupied by Israel
  • Also known as: “aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah”, “Bờ Tây sông Jordan”, “Bruach Thiar”, “Cisghjurdania”, “Cisiordania ocupată”, “Cisiordaniya”, “Cisjordanië”, “Cisjordanie occupée”, “Cisjordanien”, “Cisjordanija”, “Glan Orllewinol”, “Hudea at Samarya”, “Iudeea și Samaria”, “Jenshyung Urdun”, “Jordānas rietumkrasts”, “Jordanen Mendebaldeko Ibarra”, “Jordanland”, “Judea and Samaria”, “Judèa e Samària”, “Judea y Samaria”, “Judée et Samarie”, “Judée-Samarie”, “Kanlurang Pampang ng Hordan”, “Kanlurang Pampang ng Ilog Hordan”, “Kanlurang Pampang ng Ilog Jordan”, “Kanlurang Pampang ng Jordan”, “Khu Bờ Tây”, “Kornôg Jordania”, “Läänekallas”, “Lan Orllewinol”, “Llain gorllewinol”, “Llain Orllewinol”, “Margem ocidental do rio jordão”, “Okcidenta bordo”, “Okcidenta bordo de Jordano”, “Predjordánsko”, “Předjordánsko”, “Qərb Sahil”, “Ribera Occidental”, “Rietumu Krasts”, “Ripa Occidentalis”, “Ripa Occidentalis Iordani”, “Rivera Occidental”, “Sisjordaanje”, “Tây ngạn”, “Ûrdûna Roava”, “Ûrdûna Rojava”, “Västbanken - Gaza”, “Vestara Áarbakka”, “Vestari Áarbakka”, “Vestbanken”, “Vestbredda”, “Vestbreidda av Jordanelva”, “Vestbreidden”, “Wes-Oewer”, “West bank”, “West Bank of Jordan”, “West-Bank”, “WestBank”, “Westelijke Jordaan oever”, “Westelike Jordaanover”, “Westjordanien”, “Westoever”, “Yahuda ma̱ng Sa̱mariya”, “Yehuda at Shomron”, “Yehuda v’Shomron”, “Yehuda vShomron”, “Yehudah at Shomron”, “Yehudah v’Shomron”, “Yehudah vShomron”, “Yhuda at Shomron”, “Yhuda v’Shomron”, “Yhuda vShomron”, “Yhudah at Shomron”, “Yhudah v’Shomron”, “Yhudah vShomron”, “Zachodni Brzeg Jordanu”, “Zahodna Jordanija”, “Západní břeh”, “Zischordania”, “Zisjordanien”, “Западный берег”, “Западный берег Иордана”, “Западный берег р. Иордан”, “Заходні бераг”, “Иорданы ныгуылæн былгæрон”, “Иудея и Самария”, “Цисиордания”, “დასავლეთი ნაპირი”, “იორდანეს დასავლეთი ნაპირი”, “მდინარე იორდანეს დასავლეთი სანაპირო”, “Հորդանան գեի արևմտյան ափ”, “Հորդանան գետի ձախ ափ”, “אזור יהודה ושומרון”, “איו’ש”, “יהודה והשומרון”, “יו’ש”, “מחוז ש’י”, “פארנומענע געביטן”, “الضفه الغربية”, “ضفة الغربية”, “ضفة غربية”, “کرانهٔ باختری رود اردن”, “کرانه غربی”, “کرانه غربی رود اردن”, “کرانهٔ غربی رود اردن”, “کرانه‌ی باختری رود اردن”, “نوار غربی رود اردن”, “وست بانک”, “وست بنک”, “वेस्ट बॅंक”, “ওয়েস্ট ব্যাংক”, “மேற்கு பேங்க்”, “เขตเวสต์แบงก์”, “เวสต์แบงค์”, “서안 지구”, “서안지구”, “웨스트 뱅크”, “웨스트뱅크”, “ヨルダン川西岸”, “約旦河西岸佔領區”, and “西岸”
  • Neighbors: and
  • Categories: occupied territory, disputed territory, Region of Palestine, administrative territorial entity, and locality
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
32.0255° or 32° 1′ 32″ north
Longitude of center
35.2888° or 35° 17′ 20″ east
Population
2,950,000
Elevation
624 metres (2,047 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1472876649
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
285153
Wiki­data ID
Q36678
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“West Bank” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wesoewer”
  • Albanian: “Bregu Perëndimor”
  • Amharic: “ምዕራብ ዳርቻ”
  • Arabic: “الضفة الغربية”
  • Aragonese: “Cischordania”
  • Armenian: “Հորդանան գետի արևմտյան ափ”
  • Asturian: “Cixordania”
  • Azerbaijani: “İordan çayının qərb sahili”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Sahil”
  • Basque: “Zisjordania”
  • Belarusian: “Заходні бераг ракі Іардан”
  • Belarusian: “Заходні бераг ракі Ярдан”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম তীর”
  • Bishnupriya: “পিছ পার”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadna obala”
  • Breton: “Sisjordania”
  • Bulgarian: “Западен бряг”
  • Catalan: “Cisjordània”
  • Cebuano: “West Bank (dapit)”
  • Cebuano: “West Bank”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەناری ڕۆژاوا”
  • Chechen: “Урдан хин малхбузен хийист”
  • Chinese: “約旦河西岸地區”
  • Chinese: “约旦河西岸地区”
  • Chinese: “西岸地區”
  • Cornish: “Glann West”
  • Corsican: “Cisghjordania”
  • Croatian: “Zapadna obala”
  • Croatian: “Zapadna Obala”
  • Czech: “Západní břeh Jordánu”
  • Danish: “Vestbredden”
  • Dutch: “Westelijke Jordaanoever”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الضفه الغربيه”
  • Esperanto: “Cisjordanio”
  • Estonian: “Jordani Läänekallas”
  • Faroese: “Vestari Áarbakki”
  • Finnish: “Länsiranta”
  • French: “Cisjordanie”
  • Galician: “Cisxordania”
  • Georgian: “მდინარე იორდანეს დასავლეთი ნაპირი”
  • German: “Westbank”
  • German: “Westjordanland”
  • Gilaki: “اؤردؤنˇ رۊخؤنه أفتؤپردچینˇ کۊل”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Όχθη”
  • Guarani: “Sihorytáña”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટ બેન્ક”
  • Hausa: “Gabar Yamma”
  • Hausa: “Gaɓar Yamma”
  • Hebrew: “HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit”
  • Hebrew: “הגדה המערבית”
  • Hebrew: “הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית”
  • Hebrew: “יהודה ושומרון”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी तट (यहूदिया और सामरिया)”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिमी तट”
  • Hungarian: “Ciszjordánia”
  • Iban: “Tebing Barat”
  • Icelandic: “Vesturbakkinn”
  • Ido: “Cisjordania”
  • Indonesian: “Tepi Barat”
  • Irish: “an Bruach Thiar”
  • Irish: “An Bruach Thiar”
  • Italian: “Cisgiordania”
  • Japanese: “ヨルダン川西岸地区”
  • Javanese: “Gisik Kulon”
  • Javanese: “Tebing Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್”
  • Kashmiri: “مَغرَبی بۆٹھ”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Өндіктігі”
  • Khmer: “វ៉េសប៊ែង”
  • Khmer: “វ៉ែសបែង”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш Сахили”
  • Komering: “Pinggir Topi”
  • Korean: “요르단강 서안 지구”
  • Kurdish: “Urduna Rojava”
  • Lao: “ເວສຕ໌ແບັງກ໌”
  • Latin: “Cisiordania”
  • Latvian: “Rietumkrasts”
  • Limburgan: “Westeleke Jordaankant”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Krantas”
  • Lombard: “Cis’giordania”
  • Luxembourgish: “Westjordanland”
  • Macedonian: “Западен Брег”
  • Malagasy: “Jordania Andrefana”
  • Malagasy: “Jôrdania Andrefana”
  • Malay: “Tebing Barat”
  • Malay: “تبيڠ بارت”
  • Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റ് ബാങ്ക്”
  • Maltese: “Xatt tal-Punent”
  • Manx: “Yn Broogh Heear”
  • Marathi: “वेस्ट बँक”
  • Mazanderani: “اردن درکای غربی ور”
  • Minangkabau: “Tapi Barat”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი წყარპიჯი”
  • Nigerian Pidgin: “Khwong Jenshyung”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waastjordanlun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestbredden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestbreidda”
  • Norwegian: “Vestbredden”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cisjordania”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westēasċora”
  • Oromo: “Gama Lixa”
  • Ossetian: “Цæугæдон Иорданы Ныгуылæн Был”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਕੰਢਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਤਟ”
  • Persian: “کرانه باختری رود اردن”
  • Persian: “کرانه باختری”
  • Polish: “Zachodni Brzeg”
  • Portuguese: “Cisjordânia”
  • Portuguese: “Margem Ocidental”
  • Pushto: “لويديز پلازه”
  • Pushto: “لوېديځه تړانګه”
  • Romanian: “Cisiordania”
  • Russian: “Западный берег реки Иордан”
  • Sardinian: “Tzisgiordània”
  • Scots: “Cisjordan”
  • Scots: “Wast Bank”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bruach an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bruach-an-Iar”
  • Serbian: “Западна обала”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna obala”
  • Sicilian: “Cisgiordania”
  • Sicilian: “Cisgiurdania”
  • Silesian: “Zachodńi Brzyg”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර ඉවුර”
  • Slovak: “Západný breh Jordánu”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodni breg”
  • Somali: “Daanta galbeed”
  • Somali: “Xeegga Galbeed”
  • Spanish: “Cisjordania”
  • Swahili: “Pweza Magharibi”
  • Swahili: “Ukingo wa Magharibi wa Yordani”
  • Swedish: “Västbanken”
  • Swiss German: “Westjordanland”
  • Tagalog: “Kanlurang Pampang”
  • Tajik: “Сохили Ғарбӣ”
  • Tamil: “மேற்குக் கரை”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Сохили”
  • Tatar: “Үрдүн елгасының Көнбатыш яры”
  • Telugu: “వెస్ట్ బ్యాంక్”
  • Thai: “เวสต์แบงก์”
  • Turkish: “Batı Şeria”
  • Tyap: “Khwong Jenshyung”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний берег річки Йордан”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Zapadny brjóh Jordana”
  • Urdu: “مغربی کنارہ”
  • Uzbek: “G’arbiy Sohil”
  • Uzbek: “Iordan daryosining Gʻarbiy sohili”
  • Veps: “Jordan-jogen Päivlaskmaine rand”
  • Vietnamese: “Bờ Tây”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Bank”
  • Welsh: “y Lan Orllewinol”
  • Welsh: “Y Lan Orllewinol”
  • Western Frisian: “Westjordaanlân”
  • Western Panjabi: “مغربی کنارا”
  • Wu Chinese: “约旦河西岸”
  • Wu Chinese: “西岸地区”
  • Yiddish: “מערב ברעג”
  • Yoruba: “Bèbè Ìlàòrùn”
  • Yue Chinese: “西岸地區”
  • Zeeuws: “Westelijke Jordaonoever”
  • “pini suno pi nasin telo Utun”

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