Ramallah

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Ramallah is a major Palestinian city in the central West Bank that functions as the de facto administrative and political center of the Palestinian Authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
climate Mediterranean climate
coordinates 31.9°N 35.2°E
country State of Palestine
currentMajorReligions Christianity
Islam
deFactoCapitalOf Palestinian Authority
deFactoSeatOfGovernmentOf Palestinian Authority
demographicsCharacteristic mixed Muslim and Christian population
distanceToJerusalem about 10 kilometres
economicActivity NGO sector
information technology
services sector
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 880 metres
foundedBy Christian Arab clans
foundedInCentury 16th century
governingBody Ramallah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ramallah Municipality
hasCulturalInstitution Palestinian Museum
cultural centers and theaters
hasInstitution Palestinian Authority
surface form: Palestinian Authority ministries

Palestinian Legislative Council
surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council buildings

Palestinian governmental agencies
historicalEra Ottoman Empire
locatedIn West Bank
surface form: Central West Bank

West Bank
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ramallah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
locatedNear al-Bireh
locatedNorthOf Jerusalem
locatedOn central highlands of the West Bank
mayor Issa Kassis
notableFor political and administrative role in Palestinian governance
vibrant cultural scene
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Palestinian territories
population over 30,000 inhabitants
populationRegion al-Bireh
surface form: Ramallah and al-Bireh urban area
primarySpokenLanguage Levantine Arabic
surface form: Palestinian Arabic
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
religionHistoricallyDominant Christianity
roadConnection connected to Jerusalem by main highways
significantEvent became administrative center of Palestinian Authority after Oslo Accords
came under British Mandate rule after World War I
came under Israeli occupation in 1967
came under Jordanian rule after 1948 Arab–Israeli War
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
utcOffset +2
utcOffsetDST +3

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Palestinian hasMajorCity Ramallah
Yasser Arafat burialPlace Ramallah
Yasser Arafat residence Ramallah
Hanan Ashrawi residence Ramallah
Ramallah locatedInAdministrativeEntity Ramallah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
Ramallah governingBody Ramallah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ramallah Municipality
West Bank hasCapitalCity Ramallah
this entity surface form: Ramallah (administrative, Palestinian Authority)
West Bank containsCity Ramallah
PLC meetsIn Ramallah
subject surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council
Fatah headquartersLocation Ramallah
Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat nearby Ramallah
this entity surface form: Ramallah city center
MIFTAH headquartersLocation Ramallah
Ahmed Qurei workLocation Ramallah
Rawhi Fattouh workLocation Ramallah
Al-Quds University hasCampus Ramallah
Palestine hasMajorCity Ramallah
Issa Kassis workLocation Ramallah
Issa Kassis residence Ramallah
Issa Kassis jurisdictionOfOffice Ramallah
this entity surface form: Ramallah municipality
al-Bireh twinCityWith Ramallah
al-Bireh formsUrbanAreaWith Ramallah
al-Bireh locatedNear Ramallah
Qalqilya locatedNorthOf Ramallah
Salfit locatedNear Ramallah
Salfit hasRoadConnectionTo Ramallah
Tubas locatedNortheastOf Ramallah
Mahmoud Abbas residence Ramallah
Highway 60 connects Ramallah
Mohammed Dahlan workLocation Ramallah
Council of Ministers seat Ramallah
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (Palestine)
Council of Ministers meetsIn Ramallah
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (Palestine)
Marwan Barghouti residenceBeforeImprisonment Ramallah
this entity surface form: Ramallah area