Bethlehem Govrenorate

The Bethlehem Govrenorate () is ane o 16 Govrenorates o Palestine athin the Palestine. It covers an aurie o the Wast Bank, sooth o Jerusalem. Its principal ceety an deestrict caipital is Bethlehem Municipality. Accordin tae the Palestinian Central Bureau o Statistics, its population wis 180,116 in mid-year 2006.http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop10.aspx 

 Geography 
Accordin tae the Bethlehem Municipality, the ceety haes a total aurie o 575 km² (222.3 mi²). O this aurie, 80 km² (30.8 mi²) in currently unner the control o the Palestinian Naitional Authority.Bethlehem Public Relations Department, January 10, 2007 + Palestinian National Information CenterPalestinian website 

 Politics 
Politically, the Bethlehem Governorate is something o a stranghauld o the Palestinian left. At the Palestinian legislative election, 2006 the Popular Front for the Liberation o Palestine an The Alternative baith haed their best votes there. Its current govrenor is Salah al-Tamari.

 Localities 
The govrenorate consists o 10 municipalities, 3 refugee camps, an 58 rural destricts

 Municipalities 
 Battir
 Beit Fajjar
 Beit Jala
 Beit Sahour
 Beit Lahm (Bethlehem)
 al-Dawha
 Husan
 al-Khader
 Nahalin
 Tuqu'
 al-Ubeidiya
 Za'atara

 Local an veelage cooncils 

 'Arab al-Rashayida
 Artas
 al-Asakra
 Beit Ta'mir
 Dar Salah
 Hindaza
 al 'Iqab
 Juhdum
 Jurat ash Sham'a

 Khirbet al-Deir
 Marah Rabah
 Rakhme
 Umm Salamuna
 ash Shawawra
 Wadi al-Arayis
 Wadi Fukin
 al-Walaja

 Refugee camps 
 Aida
 'Azza
 Dheisheh

 References 

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Category:Geografie o the Wast Bank
Category:Govrenorates o Palestine