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Palestine
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فلسطين \ ארץ ישראל
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[1]فلسطين سلطة وطنية فلسطينية
فلسطين هي جزء طبيعي من بلاد الشام ومنطقة تاريخية تقع شرق البحر الأبيض المتوسط تصل بين جزئي العالم العربي الأسيوي والأفريقي بوقوعها وشبه جزيرة سيناء عند نقطة إلتقاء القارتين، حدودها ما بين العراق والبحر المتوسط. وتحتوي هذه المنطقة على عدد كبير من المدن الهامة وعلى رأسها مدينتي القدس وبيت لحم وحيفا.
لسلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية هي حكم ذاتي فلسطيني كان نتاج اتفاق أوسلو، وأنشئت بقرار من المجلس المركزي الفلسطيني في دورته المنعقدة في 10 أكتوبر 1993 في تونس، ويعول عليها أن تكون نواة الدولة الفلسطينية المقبلة والتي طالما حلم بها الشعب الفلسطيني. قامت السلطة الفلسطينية بعدة مهام من أهمها:
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ארץ ישראל הרשות הפלסטינית
פלשתינה הוא כינויה הלועזי של ארץ ישראל, המגדיר את האזור המקראי שכיום הוא מחולק לשלושה: מדינת ישראל, הגדה המערבית שבשטחיה ישנם אזורים שמוחזקים בריבונות ממשלת הרשות הפליסטינית, ורצועת עזה שבה הקים החמאס מערכת ממשלתית. לאזור יש גבול דרומי-מערבי עם חצי-האי סיני המצרי, גבול מזרחי עם ממלכת ירדן, גבול צפוני עם לבנון, וגבול צפוני-מזרחי עם סוריה.
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Palestine - State of Palestine
Palestine is the name of state and a geographical and historical region, nowadays divided between ► Israel,[2] the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has control over part of the West Bank, and Hamas has control over the Gaza Strip. Maps of the PNA are included in this entry. Gaza borders ► Israel and ► Egypt, the West Bank borders Israel and ► Jordan.
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Palestine
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State of Palestine
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| Status
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Internationally recognized state since 1988
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| Location
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Western Asia
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| Capital
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Jerusalem
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| Population
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5,101,152 inhabitants
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| Area
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6,020 square kilometres (2,320 sq mi)
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Arabic
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| Major religions
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Islam, Christianity
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| More information
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Palestine, Geography of Palestine, History of Palestine and Politics of Palestine
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Palestine - Palestine (Category).
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In Arabic
General maps
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Palestinian National Authority electoral districts (as of 2006)
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Historical region of Palestine showing Israel's 1948 and 1967 borders
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Palestinian National Authority showing Israel's 1948 and 1967 borders
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History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Palestine, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Palestine.
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The Hittite Empire (red) at the height of its power in ca. 1290 BC, bordering on the Egyptian Empire (green)
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Hittite Empire
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Levant around 830 BCE.
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The region in the 9th century BCE - Philistine city states
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The Levant in 800 BCE - Philistine states
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Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire
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Kingdom of Edom and Philistia in 600 BC
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Early Israel and Philistia
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Israel, Iudeae and Philistia (in Catalan)
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Kingdom of Israel and Philistia (in Catalan)
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Various interpretations of the Biblical account of the extent of David's Empire and location of Philistia
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The Region in the 9th to 7th centuries BC
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire
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Map of the Empire of Alexander
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Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE
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Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)
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Hellenistic world in 200 BCE
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Kingdoms under Herod the Great, highlighted in red
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present
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Roman conquest of Minor Asia
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire; 44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals) AD 14 (death of Augustus) |
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Iudaea and Philistia in the first century
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Division of the Roman Empire in 406
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Eastern Roman Empire
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
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Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
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Caliphate around 750
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A political map of the w:en:Near East in 1135 CE
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The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
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Map of Palestine 1900 (in Russian)
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British mandate of Palestine
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Palestine and Transjordan
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Palestine 1922
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Jewish zones in 1947
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Jewish settlements in 1947
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United Nations Partition Plan 1947
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United Nations Partition Plan 1947
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Israel 1947-1949 (in French)
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June 1948
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October 1948
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October 1948
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Dec 22, 1948 - Jan 07, 1949
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Dec 22, 1948 - Jan 07, 1949 (detail)
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Six-Day War: The Jordan salient
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Six-Day War: Conquest of Sinai 7–8 June
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Yom Kippur war
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Yom Kippur war
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The West Bank Barrier in february 2005
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The West Bank Barrier in may 2005
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Other maps
Satellite maps
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Satellite map
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Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization: Filastīn - As-Sulta Al-Wataniyya Al-Filastīniyya.
- ↑ Most of the historical maps in this entry and in the entry on ► Israel are identical.
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