Ramallah

Ramallah
Ither transcription(s)
• Arabic	(رام الله (البيرة
• Ebreu	רמאללה
tap: Ramallah skyline an the central mosque, Arafat mausoleum, Oor Leddy o the Annunciation Kirk, Roman ruins, Al-Manara Square
Ramallah Location o Ramallah within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 31°54′N 35°12′E / 31.900°N 35.200°E / 31.900; 35.200Coordinates: 31°54′N 35°12′E / 31.900°N 35.200°E / 31.900; 35.200
Palestine grid	168/145
Govrenorate	Ramallah & al-Bireh
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety (from 1995)
• Heid o Municipality	Musa Hadid
Area
• Jurisdiction	16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Jurisdiction	27,092[1]
Website	www.ramallah.ps

Ramallah(literally "Height o God")^[3] is a Palestinian ceety in the central Wast Bank locatit 10 kilometers (6 mile) north o Jerusalem, adjacent tae al-Bireh. It currently serves as the admeenistrative caipital o Palestine. Wi a population o nearly 25,500,^[4] Ramallah wis historically a Christian toun, but today Muslims form the majority o the population, wi a strang Christian minority.

1. ↑ "UNdata – country profile – State of Palestine". un.org. Archived frae the original on 6 Juin 2017. Retrieved 1 Juin 2018.
2. ↑ 2007 PCBS Population Archived 2017-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.53. (Arabic)
3. ↑ Ramallah.ps Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. ↑ "Projected Mid -Year Population for Ramallah & Al Bireh Governorate by Locality 2004 - 2006". Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 Februar 2008.