Bethlehem Govrenorate

The Bethlehem Govrenorate (Arabic: محافظة بيت لحم‎) 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.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

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

Refugee camps

• Aida
• 'Azza
• Dheisheh