Back محافظة القدس Arabic محافظة القدس ARZ Gobernación de Xerusalén AST Governació de Jerusalem Catalan Llywodraethiaeth Jeriwsalem Welsh Gouvernement Jerusalem German Gobernación de Jerusalén Spanish Jerusalemgo Gobernazioa Basque استان قدس Persian Gouvernorat de Jérusalem French
Jerusalem Governorate | |
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 2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate | |
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| Country |  Palestine |
| Area | |
• Total | 344 km2 (133 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 365,521 |
| This figure excludes the Israeli West Bank Settlements | |
| Governorates of the West Bank (Palestine) |
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The Quds Governorate (Arabic: محافظة القدس, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-Quds; Hebrew: נפת אל-קודס, romanized: Nafah al-Quds), also Jerusalem Governorate, is one of the 16 governorates of Palestine and located in the central part of the West Bank. The current governor, appointed by the Palestinian National Authority, is Adnan Ghaith since 2018,[2] who succeeded Adnan al-Husayni, appointed in 2008. The Governorate has two sub-districts: Jerusalem J1, which includes the localities within the territory controlled by the Israeli Jerusalem municipality (East Jerusalem), and Jerusalem J2, which includes the remaining parts of the Jerusalem Governorate.[3] The district capital of the Governorate is East Jerusalem (al-Quds).
The total land area of the governorate is 344 km2. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 429,500 residents in 2005, accounting for 10.5% of Palestinians living in the Palestinian territories in 2022 population had risen to 482,854 as official Statistics.[4]
- ^ "Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ "Israel said to arrest PA Jerusalem governor, lawyer". The Times of Israel.
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PCBS_settlements-2012was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Jerusalem Bulletin English.pdf Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine