Ramallah

Ramallah
Ramallah
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	رام الله
• Also spelled	Ramallah (official)
	Bank of Palestine, in Ramallah
Governorate	Ramallah & al-Bireh
Founded	16th century
Government
• Type	City (from 1995)
• Head of Municipality	Janet Mikhail
Area
• Jurisdiction	16,344 dunams (16.3 km2 or 6.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Jurisdiction	27,092
Website	www.ramallah.ps

Ramallah (Arabic: رام الله Rāmallāh (help·info) is a Palestinian city, in the West Bank. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Jerusalem. It currently serves as the de facto capital of the State of Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority. The constitutional capital is Jerusalem. Ramallah has over 27,000 people living there.^[2] Ramallah was historically a Christian town, but today Muslims form the majority of the population, with 25% of the people Christians.^[3]^[4]

The name of the city is made of "Ram", an Aramaic word that means "high place or mountain", and "Allah", the Arabic word for God. It translates as "Height of God".^[5]

Palestinian PLO leader (1969-2004) Yasser Arafat is entombed here in mausoleum.

References

↑ 2007 PCBS Population Archived 2017-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.53. (Arabic)
↑ 2007 PCBS Census Archived 2019-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.114. (Arabic)
↑ Hall, Andy. Quaker Meeting in Ramallah Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.
↑ Keulemans, Chris. Imagination Behind the Wall: Cultural Life in Ramallah Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine p.2. April 2005.
↑ "Ramallah.ps". Ramallah.ps. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

Other websites

Ramallah travel guide from Wikivoyage

Ramallah City Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
Ramallah History Archived 2007-05-10 at the Wayback Machine

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[2007_PCBS_Census-1] 2007 PCBS Population Archived 2017-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.53. (Arabic)

[pcbs114-2] 2007 PCBS Census Archived 2019-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.114. (Arabic)

[3] Hall, Andy. Quaker Meeting in Ramallah Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel.

[4] Keulemans, Chris. Imagination Behind the Wall: Cultural Life in Ramallah Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine p.2. April 2005.

[5] "Ramallah.ps". Ramallah.ps. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

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