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:
2,460,492
Languages:
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
Geographic coordinates:
32° 00' N, 35° 15' E
Area total:
5,860 sq. km
Land area:
5,640 sq. km
Water area:
220 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
404 km
Borders with neighbor countries:
Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Elevation extremes:
Dead Sea -408 m
- Tall Asur 1,022 m
Internet country code:
.ps
Currency:
new Israeli shekel (ILS) Jordanian Dinar (JOD) (West Bank only)
Name - local long form:
Arabic: الضفة الغربية aD-Diffa al-garbija, Hebrew: "ha-Gada ha-Ma'aravit" "הגדה המערבית
Former name:
Cisjordan
Independence:
none Declared by the Palestinian National Council in Algiers 15 November 1988.
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.