Geography of The Palestinian Territories
Main articles: Geography of the West Bank and Geography of the Gaza Strip See also: Geography of Israel- The Palestinian territories are: Israeli-occupied/Semi-autonomous region, with status to be determined by further negotiations
- Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
- Asia
- Southwest Asia
- Middle East
- Southwest Asia
- Asia
- Time zone: UTC+02, summer UTC+03
- Extreme points of the Palestinian territories
- High: Mount Nabi Yunis 1,030 m (3,379 ft)
- Low: Dead Sea −412 m (−1,352 ft) – lowest point on the surface of the Earth
- Land boundaries: Officially undefined, figures given are the de facto boundaries of the Green Line as they apply to the West Bank and Gaza Strip (See also Israeli West Bank barrier, Israeli Gaza Strip barrier and the Seam Zone)
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- Total: 466 km (290 mi)
- Israel 358 km (222 mi)
- Jordan 97 km (60 mi)
- Egypt 11 km (6.8 mi)
- Coastline: Mediterranean Sea 40 km (25 mi)
- Population of the Palestinian territories:
- Palestinian population worldwide, including diaspora: est. 10,000,000 - 11,000,000
- Population of the Palestinian territories: est. 3,800,000
- Area of the Palestinian territories:
- Palestinian territories (post-1967): 6,220 km2 (2,400 sq mi); The West Bank (including East Jerusalem) is (5,860 km2 (2,260 sq mi) and the Gaza Strip is 360 km2 (140 sq mi)
- Atlas of Palestine
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