Palestine
Quick facts
- Largest city
- Gaza (before 2023), currently in flux
- People are called
- Palestinian
- Area
- 6,020 km² (2,324 sq mi)
- Population
- 5,483,450 (2023)
Facts from Wikipedia’s “Palestine” page (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Palestine usually refers to:
- Palestine (region), a geographical and historical region in the Middle East
- State of Palestine, a modern partially recognized state in the Middle East
- The Occupied Palestinian Territory, or “Israeli occupied Palestinian territories”, referring to the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
- Palestinian National Authority, also known as Palestinian Authority, an interim self-government body established in 1994 to govern parts of the territories. Since 2013, the Palestinian National Authority is officially referred to as the State of Palestine by international and internal organizations.
Written for younger readers
Palestine, in simpler words
This version comes from Wikijunior, a set of books written for children aged 8 to 11. It is shorter and uses plainer language than the article above.
From Wikijunior: Asia
Palestine is a state in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Its capital is East Jerusalem.
Palestine claims the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip as its territory.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), as of May 26, 2021, the State of Palestine 2021 mid year population is 5,227,193.
Arabic is the official language in Palestine.
93% of Palestinians are Muslim. Palestinian Christians represent a significant minority of 6%, followed by much smaller religious communities, including Druze and Samaritans.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the state of Palestine. Rugby is also a popular sport.
- The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem in the State of Palestine, in the West Bank. The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. The grotto is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity, and the basilica is the oldest major church in the Holy Land.
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