Three equal horizontal bands of black (top, the Abbassid Caliphate of Islam), white (the Ummayyad Caliphate of Islam), and green (the Fatimid Caliphate of Islam) with a red equilateral triangle (representing the Great Arab Revolt of 1916) based on the hoist side.
Ramallah - the seat of Palestinian Authority Jerusalem (eastern part) is declared by Palestinian Authorities as the capital of Palestine.
Population:
1,428,757
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Geographic coordinates:
31° 25' N, 34° 20' E
Area total:
360 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
62 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km
Coastline:
40 km
Elevation extremes:
Mediterranean Sea 0 m - Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda) 105 m
Internet country code:
.ps
Currency:
new Israeli shekel (ILS)
Name - conventional short form:
Gaza Strip
Name - local long form:
Arabic: السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية - As-Sulta al-Watanijja al-Filastinijja; Hebrew: הרשות הפלסטינית - Haraszut Hafalastinit
Name - local short form:
Qita Ghazzah
Government type:
Palestinian Legislative Council and Palestinian Authority
Dependency status:
Autonomous republic supervised by Israel. The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the DOP), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Under the DOP, Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority (Palestinian National Authorities) as part of the interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.