Palestine — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Palestine — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Palestine had an estimated population of 3,997,861 in 2005, with 272 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Ġazzah	Ġazzah	497,948
2	H̱ān Yūnis	H̱ān Yūnis	175,499
3	Jabaliya	Šamāl Ġazzah	175,355
4	Hebron	Hebron	163,709
5	Nablus	Nablus	133,081
6	Rafah̨	Rafah̨	131,335
7	an-Nuşayrāt	Dayr-al-Balah	64,558
8	Dayr al-Balah	Dayr-al-Balah	61,891
9	Bayt Lāhiyā	Šamāl Ġazzah	59,220
10	Ţūlkarm	Ţūlkarm	45,155
11	Qalqīlyah	Qalqīlyah	44,184
12	Yaţţā	Hebron	42,285
13	al-Bīrah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	38,911
14	al-Burayj	Dayr-al-Balah	36,347
15	Janin	Janīn	35,489
16	Banī Suhaylā	H̱ān Yūnis	32,825
17	Bayt H̨ānūn	Šamāl Ġazzah	32,012
18	Bayt Lah̨m	Bayt Lah̨m	29,325
19	az̨-Z̨āhirīyah	Hebron	28,209
20	ar-Rām	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	26,399
21	Rām Allāh	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	24,935
22	Tall as-Sulţān	Rafah̨	24,488
23	al-Maġāzī	Dayr-al-Balah	24,338
24	H̨alh̨ūl	Hebron	21,531
25	Dūrā	Hebron	21,299
26	Arīh̨ā	Arīh̨ā	20,173
27	Qabāţiyah	Janīn	19,554
28	ʿAbasan al-Kabirah	H̱ān Yūnis	19,056
29	Banī Naʿīm	Hebron	18,606
30	Iđnā	Hebron	18,595
31	as-Samūʿ	Hebron	17,748
32	Balāţah	Nablus	17,538
33	al-Qarārah	H̱ān Yūnis	16,939
34	al-ʿAyzariyah	Jerusalem	16,511
35	al-Yāmūn	Janīn	16,490
36	Bayt Jālā	Bayt Lah̨m	16,179
37	Ţūbās	Ţūbās	15,642
38	az-Zawāydah	Dayr-al-Balah	15,518
39	Bayt Sāhur	Bayt Lah̨m	15,222
40	Tarqūmiyā	Hebron	14,523
41	Yaʿbad	Janīn	14,323
42	Muẖayyam Tūlkarm	Ţūlkarm	13,417
43	Saʿīr	Hebron	13,290
44	Şūrīf	Hebron	13,264
45	Baytūniyā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	13,090
46	ʿAskar	Nablus	12,630
47	Bayt Ummar	Hebron	12,480
48	Muẖayyam Janīn	Janīn	12,123
49	Abū Dīs	Jerusalem	11,522
50	Bayt Fajjār	Bayt Lah̨m	10,822
51	Bayt Fūrīk	Nablus	10,334
52	ʿAttīl	Ţūlkarm	10,330
53	Ţammūn	Ţūbās	10,155
54	Kafr ʿAqab	Jerusalem	9,927
55	ʿArrābah	Janīn	9,925
56	Sīlat al-H̨āriṯiyah	Janīn	9,773
57	Taffūh̨	Hebron	9,694
58	H̱uzāʿah	H̱ān Yūnis	9,679
59	Salfīt	Salfīt	9,666
60	Dayr al-Guşūn	Ţūlkarm	9,391
61	Bayt Ūlā	Hebron	9,360
62	ad-Duhayšah	Bayt Lah̨m	9,320
63	al-H̱ad̨r	Bayt Lah̨m	9,204
64	ʿAnātā	Jerusalem	9,169
65	Baytā	Nablus	8,720
66	Qaffīn	Ţūlkarm	8,685
67	Muẖayyam Qalandiyā	Jerusalem	8,653
68	Jabaʿ	Janīn	8,646
69	al-Jalazūn	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	8,577
70	al-ʿUbaydiyah	Bayt Lah̨m	8,466
71	Đinnābah	Ţūlkarm	8,377
72	Bayt ʿAwwā	Hebron	8,252
73	Biddyā	Salfīt	8,247
74	al-ʿArrūb	Hebron	8,237
75	ʿAzzūn	Qalqīlyah	8,164
76	Šawkat aş-Şūfī	Rafah̨	8,090
77	Bayt Liqyā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	7,970
78	ʿAqrabā	Nablus	7,881
79	Nūr Šams	Ţūlkarm	7,833
80	Kafr Rāʿī	Janīn	7,756
81	ʿAşīrah aš-Šamāliyah	Nablus	7,708
82	ʿIzbat Bayt H̨ānūn	Šamāl Ġazzah	7,333
83	ʿAnabtā	Ţūlkarm	7,259
84	Balʿā	Ţūlkarm	7,247
85	Qabalān	Nablus	7,207
86	Qaţannah	Jerusalem	7,162
87	Silwād	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	7,153
88	aš-Šuyūh	Hebron	7,049
89	ad-Dawh̨ah	Bayt Lah̨m	7,031
90	H̱ārās	Hebron	7,023
91	Mayṯalūn	Janīn	6,949
92	Dayr Dibwān	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	6,836
93	ʿIllār	Ţūlkarm	6,833
94	al-Fawwār	Hebron	6,657
95	Tuqūʿ	Bayt Lah̨m	6,617
96	Bīr Zayt	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	6,508
97	Nahhālīn	Bayt Lah̨m	6,355
98	ʿAqbah Jabbar	Arīh̨ā	6,298
99	Sīlat az̨-Z̨ahr	Janīn	6,178
100	H̨ablah	Qalqīlyah	6,079
101	Banī Zayd	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	6,078
102	Biddū	Jerusalem	6,065
103	ʿAqqābā	Ţūbās	5,907
104	Bayt Līd	Ţūlkarm	5,871
105	Birqīn	Janīn	5,851
106	H̨izmā	Jerusalem	5,823
107	Bīr Nabālā	Jerusalem	5,800
108	Bayt Kāh̨il	Hebron	5,791
109	ʿAwartā	Nablus	5,766
110	Huwwara	Nablus	5,756
111	Jammāʿīn	Nablus	5,735
112	al-Bayuk	Rafah̨	5,669
113	H̨ūsān	Bayt Lah̨m	5,660
114	Dayr Sāmit	Hebron	5,654
115	ʿAbasān al-Jadīdah	H̱ān Yūnis	5,648
116	al-Amʿarrī	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	5,645
117	al-Fārʿah	Ţūbās	5,578
118	Sinjil	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	5,494
119	Zaʿtarah	Bayt Lah̨m	5,332
120	Dayr Abū D̨aʿīf	Janīn	5,257
121	H̱ąrbaṯā al-Misbāh̨	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	5,184
122	ʿAjjah	Janīn	5,114
123	al-Mazraʿah aš-Šarqiyah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	5,110
124	Kafr ad-Dīk	Salfīt	5,098
125	al-Miġrāqah	Ġazzah	5,092
126	Kafr Dān	Janīn	5,082
127	Sālim	Nablus	5,054
128	az-Zāwiyah	Salfīt	5,030
129	ʿAyn Bayt al-Māʿ	Nablus	5,003
130	Sīrīs	Janīn	5,003
131	as-Sawāh̨irah aš-Šarqiyah	Jerusalem	4,978
132	Qibyā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,858
133	al-Judaydah	Janīn	4,846
134	Tall	Nablus	4,691
135	Niʿlīn	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,686
136	Wādī as-Salqā	Dayr-al-Balah	4,665
137	al-Mawāşī	H̱ān Yūnis	4,494
138	al-Jīb	Jerusalem	4,430
139	Nūbā	Hebron	4,415
140	Quşrah	Nablus	4,414
141	Turmusʿayyā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,382
142	al-Jiftlik	Arīh̨ā	4,368
143	Bayt ʿŪr at-Tah̨tā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,360
144	Kafr Ṯulṯ	Qalqīlyah	4,314
145	Šuqbā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,284
146	Dayr Jarīr	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,249
147	Şānūr	Janīn	4,236
148	al-Mazraʿah al-Qibliyah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,193
149	Battīr	Bayt Lah̨m	4,186
150	Bayt ʿAnān	Jerusalem	4,066
151	Bāqah aš-Šarqiyah	Ţūlkarm	4,065
152	H̨irbat Abū Falāh̨	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	4,051
153	Kafr al-Labad	Ţūlkarm	4,006
154	Burqah	Nablus	4,003
155	Şaffā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,991
156	al-ʿAwjā	Arīh̨ā	3,979
157	Qīzan an-Najjār	H̱ān Yūnis	3,896
158	Rūjayb	Nablus	3,891
159	az-Zabābidah	Janīn	3,830
160	Kafr Niʿmah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,826
161	Dayr Istiyā	Salfīt	3,814
162	al-Fuẖẖārī	H̱ān Yūnis	3,722
163	ʿĀnīn	Janīn	3,695
164	Qāʿ al-Qurayn	H̱ān Yūnis	3,681
165	Qarāwat Banī H̨assān	Salfīt	3,679
166	Dayr Ballūţ	Salfīt	3,648
167	Bayt Sūrīk	Jerusalem	3,645
168	Arţās	Bayt Lah̨m	3,625
169	Kawbar	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,625
170	Brūqīn	Salfīt	3,618
171	Barţaʿah aš-Šarqiyah	Janīn	3,569
172	Bayt Dajan	Nablus	3,568
173	ʿAyn Yabrūd	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,512
174	Faqqūʿah	Janīn	3,468
175	Kafr Qaddūm	Qalqīlyah	3,452
176	ar-Rīh̨iyah	Hebron	3,446
177	Dayr Abū Mašʿal	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,399
178	ʿAbwein	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,393
179	H̱ursā	Hebron	3,391
180	Rummānah	Janīn	3,348
181	al-Fandaqūmiyah	Janīn	3,326
182	Jayyūs	Qalqīlyah	3,269
183	Bayt Ībā	Nablus	3,249
184	ʿAydah	Bayt Lah̨m	3,234
185	Juh̨ur ad-Dīk	Ġazzah	3,208
186	Kifl H̨āris	Salfīt	3,202
187	Farʿūn	Ţūlkarm	3,168
188	Rammūn	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,140
189	Zaytā	Ţūlkarm	3,120
190	Jabaʿ	Jerusalem	3,092
191	Şaydā	Ţūlkarm	3,058
192	Baytillū	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,047
193	H̨āris	Salfīt	3,036
194	ar-Ramād̨īn	Hebron	3,034
195	Rābā	Janīn	3,019
196	Bitīn	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	3,007
197	Talfīt	Nablus	2,973
198	Kafr Mālik	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,966
199	Yatmā	Nablus	2,964
200	Sannīriyā	Qalqīlyah	2,954
201	ʿĀrūrah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,915
202	al-Karmil	Hebron	2,900
203	Sabasţiyah	Nablus	2,883
204	Şarrah	Nablus	2,875
205	H̱arbaṯā Banī H̨āriṯ	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,869
206	Bayt Imrīn	Nablus	2,859
207	Rantīs	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,859
208	ʿŪrīf	Nablus	2,820
209	Bayt Sīrā	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,808
210	Dayr aš-Šaraf	Nablus	2,742
211	Qarāwat Banī Zayd	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,734
212	ʿAzmūţ	Nablus	2,707
213	Dūrā al-Qarʿ	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,706
214	Ţallūzah	Nablus	2,663
215	as-Sawāwrah	Bayt Lah̨m	2,621
216	Sarţah	Salfīt	2,585
217	Būrīn	Nablus	2,548
218	Kafr Jammāl	Ţūlkarm	2,539
219	H̨ajjah	Qalqīlyah	2,495
220	Nazlat ʿĪsā	Ţūlkarm	2,487
221	al-Lubban aš-Šarqiyah	Nablus	2,482
222	Mazāriʿ an-Nūbārī	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,481
223	Kafr Qallīl	Nablus	2,477
224	Jalbūn	Janīn	2,476
225	Qaryūt	Nablus	2,444
226	al-Burj	Hebron	2,434
227	ʿAbud	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,428
228	Fah̨mah	Janīn	2,422
229	Immātīn	Qalqīlyah	2,420
230	Kufayrit	Janīn	2,413
231	al-Bāđān	Nablus	2,408
232	Bayt ʿAynūn	Hebron	2,403
233	Dayr ʿAmmār	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,386
234	al-Muġayyir	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,382
235	aţ-Ţaybah	Janīn	2,370
236	Tayāsir	Ţūbās	2,332
237	az-Zaʿayyam	Jerusalem	2,322
238	ʿAţārah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,320
239	aš-Šayẖ Saʿad	Jerusalem	2,299
240	Jīt	Qalqīlyah	2,295
241	as-Sāwiyah	Nablus	2,288
242	al-Jalamah	Janīn	2,284
243	Burqah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,281
244	Yāşīd	Nablus	2,278
245	Wādī al-Fārʿah	Ţūbās	2,277
246	ʿAşīrah al-Qibliyah	Nablus	2,272
247	Jīnşāfūţ	Qalqīlyah	2,253
248	Kuraysah	Hebron	2,250
249	Dayr al-H̨aţab	Nablus	2,243
250	Misliyah	Janīn	2,237
251	al-Muġayyir	Janīn	2,225
252	ʿAynabūs	Nablus	2,207
253	Dūmā	Nablus	2,204
254	Muẖayyam Dayr ʿAmmār	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,193
255	Mardah	Salfīt	2,190
256	Majdal Banī Fād̨il	Nablus	2,170
257	Dayr as-Sūdān	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,153
258	Wādī al-ʿArāyis	Bayt Lah̨m	2,151
259	Bizzāriyā	Nablus	2,137
260	ʿArrānah	Janīn	2,131
261	Hindāzah	Bayt Lah̨m	2,131
262	al-ʿAraqah	Janīn	2,111
263	Zubūbā	Janīn	2,111
264	aţ-Ţaybah	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	2,090
265	Rāmīn	Ţūlkarm	2,086
266	Rāfāt	Jerusalem	2,028
267	al-Judayrah	Jerusalem	2,024
268	Rāfāt	Salfīt	1,994
269	ʿAnzah	Janīn	1,992
270	Iktābā	Ţūlkarm	1,963
271	al-Qubaybah	Jerusalem	1,954
272	Zaytā Jammāʿīn	Nablus	1,950

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Hebron	557,638
2	Ġazzah	518,078
3	Jerusalem	423,643
4	Nablus	347,675
5	Rām Allāh wal-Bīrah	298,341
6	H̱ān Yūnis	286,238
7	Šamāl Ġazzah	282,493
8	Janīn	270,362
9	Dayr-al-Balah	213,644
10	Bayt Lah̨m	185,759
11	Ţūlkarm	178,525
12	Rafah̨	175,528
13	Qalqīlyah	100,198
14	Salfīt	66,073
15	Ţūbās	48,693
16	Arīh̨ā	44,973

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.