Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate
The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It covers a large part of the central West Bank, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate. Its district capital or muhfaza (seat) is the city of al-Bireh.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the district had a population of 279,730 in 2007. Its governor is Dr. Laila Ghannam, the first Female Governor.
Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate Localities
According to PCBS, the governorate has 78 localities including refugee camps in its jurisdiction. Thirteen localities retain the status of a municipality.
Cities
- Ramallah : 27,460
- Beitunia : 19,761
- al-Bireh : 38,202
- Rawabi : under construction
Municipalities
The following localities in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate have populations over 5,000
- Bani Zeid
- Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya
- Beit Liqya
- Bir Zeit
- Deir Dibwan
- Deir Jarir
- al-Ittihad
- Kharbatha al-Misbah
- al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya
- Ni'lin
- Silwad
- Sinjil
- Turmus Ayya
- al-Zaitounah
Village councils
The following localities in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate have populations over 1,000.
- Aboud
- Abu Qash
- Abwein
- Ajjul
- 'Atara
- Beitin
- Bil'in
- Beit Rima
- Beit Sira
- Beit Ur al-Fauqa
- Beit Ur al-Tahta
- Budrus
- Burqa
- Deir Ibzi
- Deir Abu Mash'al
- Deir Qaddis
- Deir as-Sudan
- Dura al-Qar
- Ein 'Arik
- Ein Qiniya
- Ein Yabrud
- al-Janiya
- Jifna
- Kafr Ein
- Kafr Malik
- Kafr Nima
- Khirbet Abu Falah
- Kobar
- al-Lubban al-Gharbi
- Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya
- al-Midya
- al-Mughayyir
- Qarawat Bani Zeid
- Qibya
- Rammun
- Rantis
- Ras Karkar
- Saffa
- Shuqba
- Surda
- Taybeh
Refugee camps
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