Ramallah

Ramallah (Arabic: رام الله Rāmallāh    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]

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)[1]
• Jurisdiction	27,092
Website	www.ramallah.ps

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.