Talk:Islam in West Bank and Gaza
http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Asia/palestig.htm
General useful information
Note: some data are of constant value, while other are due to changes, fluctuations etc.
Nation and population official name (short form): Palestina country code ISO: PS //; - FIPS: - location: Southwest Asia, Middle East time zone: +2 UT* [*= applying daylight saving time] surface (land) area: 5997 sq.km = 2315.5 sq.mi //; - area incl. inland waters: sq.km = sq.mi geographical position in extreme co-ordinates: North: / South: / East: / West: [at this moment unknown] borders (land): Egypt, Israel, Lebanon 75 km, Syria 74, Jordan 360, Sinai and Gulf of Aqaba 240 borders (coastline): Mediterranean Sea 224 km climate: continental subtropic (West Bank) Mediterranean (Gaza) Government independent since: projected for 2005 type of government: republic capital: Al-Quds (East-Jerusalem) administrative division: governorate (16) Population population according to the latest census (1993): 1767,500 total population according to the estimate of midyear 2000: 3152,361; or: 2966,000 /-; 2001: 3269,000 population density: 500 per sq.km = 1296 per sq.mi population growth: 4% //; - doubling time: ca 20 years birth rate: 30 per 1000 death rate: 4 per 1000 fertility rate: children per female maternal mortality: per 100,000 infant mortality (1-4 years): 22 per 1000 life expectancy: 72 years (male: ; female: ) age breakdown: 0-14 years: 49% //; - 15-59 years: 40% //; - 60+ years: 11% urbanisation: % //; - urbanisation growth: % percentage of urban population in the greatest city: % Ethnic composition, language, religion ethnic groups: Palestinian languages: Arab religious affiliation: Muslim Health daily food intake: calories per capita population with access to safe water: % people per physician: people per hospital bed: Education, literacy school enrolment: primary education 6-11 years: % school enrolment: secondary education: % school enrolment: tertiary education 20-24 years: % adult literacy: % (male: %; female: %)
Economy and infrastructure
Economy and trade currency: no domestic currency yet in use; Israeli shekel, Jordanian dinar and US dollar circulate annual inflation rate: % population below poverty line: % Gross Domestic Product: USD 4173 per capita GNI USD 1660 per capita //; - [ppp: ] GDP growth: -1,5% income: USD per capita import: USD 450 per capita //; - export: USD 70 per capita trade: USD per capita //; - or % of GDP trade partners: unknown human development index: //; - position of the country in the world no.: female labour force: <10% unemployment: % tourism: 0,3 million Economic activities in agriculture, fisheries, industry, mining, services, energy land use: arable land: % //; - grass land: % //; - wooded area: % //; - arid land and desert: % agriculture: labour force: 11% //; - part of agriculture in GDP: % agricultural products: vegetables, [citrus] fruits, fishing livestock (1000s): cattle: 15 / goats: 30 / poultry: 3700 / sheep: 24 fish catch: metric tonnes industry: labour force: 40% //; - part of industry in GDP: % industrial products: unknown mining products: salt CO2 emission per capita: services: labour force: 49% //; - part of services in GDP: % energy use (kg per capita): electricity use (per capita): annual water use (per capita): Traffic, communication road network: km //; - of which paved: % //; - of which are motorways: km vehicles: 43 per 1000 railways: 0 km //; - railways passenger/km: - navigable inland waterways: 0 km ownership telephone: 33 per 1000 ownership radio receivers: per 1000 ownership tv-sets: per 1000 newspaper circulation: per 1000 persons per post office: personal computers: per 1000
Some physical landmarks
mountains: Mt. Kharbet 1220, Mt. Al-Jarmak 1208, Mt. Haudar 1047, Mt. Ras Al-Ruman 1035, Ramat el Halil (?) 1020, Mt. Halhul 1018, Tell Asûr 1016 lowest point: 396 m below sea level, border of the Dead Sea lakes (natural): Al-Bahr al-Mayyit (Dead Sea) 1050 sq.km, Tiberias 165, Hula 14 lakes (artificial reservoirs): none, or unknown lakes (deepest): Dead Sea (?) rivers: Nahr al-Urdunn (Jordan) 194 km, Al-Hasbani 39, Al-Awja 26, Al-Yarmouk 17, Al-Makta 13, Al-Na'amin 8 canals: none, or unknown waterfalls: none, or unknown caves: longest system: none, or unknown / deepest: islands: none deserts: no real vast desert area other natural features:
Additional remarks, especially on the statistical information
other important features: apart from physical landmarks most of the above figures are changeable, in most cases they date from the 1990's not all specific data for Palestine are known; they are not clearly distinguished in the sources used primary sources used for the general information: BB CA EV PW WA WB WR, and some national statistical yearbooks particulars concerning population data:
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