State of Palestine

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The State of Palestine is a partially recognized sovereign entity representing the Palestinian people, claiming the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital and holding non-member observer state status at the United Nations.

All labels observed (14)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UN observer state
partially recognized state
sovereign state
callingCode +970
capital Jerusalem
surface form: East Jerusalem
claimedCapital Jerusalem
surface form: East Jerusalem
claimsTerritory Jerusalem
surface form: East Jerusalem

Gaza Strip
West Bank
coatOfArms Emblem of Palestine
country State of Palestine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Palestine
currency Egyptian pound
Israeli new shekel
Jordanian dinar
declarationOfIndependenceLocation Algeria
surface form: Algiers
declaredIndependence 1988-11-15
deJureCapital Jerusalem
surface form: East Jerusalem
demonym Palestinian
executiveBranch Palestinian government
flag Flag of Palestine
governmentType unitary semi-presidential republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of the State of Palestine
headOfStateTitle President of the State of Palestine
internetTLD .ps
ISO3166Code PS
legislature Palestinian Legislative Council
locatedIn Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
majorReligion Islam
memberOf Arab League
G77
International Criminal Court
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
UNESCO
minorityReligion Christianity
nationalAnthem Fida'i
nationalMovement Palestinian national movement
officialLanguage Arabic
populationGroup Arabs
recognizedBy many UN member states
region Middle East
represents Palestinian people
seatOfGovernment Ramallah
subregion Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: Levant
timeZone UTC+02:00
timeZoneDST UTC+03:00
UNRecognitionDate 2012-11-29
UNResolution United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
UNStatus non-member observer state

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Referenced by (637)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faculty of Medicine country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of Gaza
Faculty of Health Sciences country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Faculty of Health Sciences (Islamic University of Gaza)
Faculty of Nursing country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Faculty of Nursing (Islamic University of Gaza)
Faculty of Applied Sciences country State of Palestine
IUG country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Islamic University of Gaza
Al-Jami'a al-Islamiyya fi Ghazza country State of Palestine
Palestinian health authorities country State of Palestine
Anthedon Harbour country State of Palestine
Anthedon port country State of Palestine
Qasr al-Basha country State of Palestine
Faculty of Arts country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Faculty of Arts (Islamic University of Gaza)
Faculty of Education country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Faculty of Education, Islamic University of Gaza
Faculty of Commerce country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Faculty of Commerce, Islamic University of Gaza
Sheikh Mohammed Awwad country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Islamic University of Gaza
Bir el Qutt country State of Palestine
Preventive Security Service country State of Palestine
General Intelligence Service country State of Palestine
Military Intelligence country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Military Intelligence (Palestinian Authority)
National Security Forces country State of Palestine
Presidential Guard country State of Palestine
Civil Defence country State of Palestine
Coastal Police country State of Palestine
Customs Police country State of Palestine
Anti-Narcotics Department country State of Palestine
Civil Affairs country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Civil Affairs (Palestinian Authority)
Special Police Force country State of Palestine
Internal security courts country State of Palestine
Kafr Turmus Aya country State of Palestine
Military Medical Services country State of Palestine
Palestinian Bar Association country State of Palestine
Bethlehem University country State of Palestine
Anata country State of Palestine
Halhul Municipality country State of Palestine
Jifna country State of Palestine
Abu Shukheidim country State of Palestine
Atara country State of Palestine
Ein Siniya country State of Palestine
Beit Sahour Municipality country State of Palestine
Church of St. George country State of Palestine
subject surface form: Church of St. George (Al-Khader)
Tuquʼ Municipality country State of Palestine
Teqoa country State of Palestine
Zaʼtara country State of Palestine
Battir Village Council country State of Palestine
Wadi Fukin country State of Palestine
Bethlehem area rural cluster country State of Palestine
village council of Nahalin country State of Palestine
UNRWA health center country State of Palestine
subject surface form: UNRWA health center (Aida Camp)