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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 West Bank 
 Main prefix
 E4 
 Time zone
 +2 h 
 Continent
 Asia 
 
          West Bank          
 
 West Bank 

 West Bank - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          West Bank          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
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.
 
          West Bank          
 
 West Bank 
 Capital: 
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.
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day 15 November
 
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