PS
Palestine
State of Palestine
Palestine sits in Western Asia and uses EGP - Egyptian pound (E£), ILS - Israeli new shekel (₪), JOD - Jordanian dinar (JD). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Capital
Ramallah
Population
5.5M
Area
6.2K km2
Population
5.5M
5,483,450 people
Area
6.2K km2
6,220 square kilometers
Density
882/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Ramallah
31.9038, 35.2034
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Palestine, officially listed here as State of Palestine, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Palestine, PS, PSE, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Palestine is grouped under Asia, more specifically Western Asia, with Asia shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 5,483,450 people and a land area of 6,220 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 882 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 31.9, 35.2, while the capital coordinate reference is 31.9038, 35.2034. Palestine shares listed land borders with ISR, EGY, JOR, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Ramallah (administrative), Jerusalem. The largest city entries shown for this country are Gaza, Hebron, Nāblus, Rafaḩ and Yattir. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Palestine, capital of Palestine, and major urban areas in Palestine. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary provisional semi-presidential republic under a provisional government. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as no, observer status as yes, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Arab League. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Palestine uses calling code +970, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC+02:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on sunday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists EGP - Egyptian pound (E£), ILS - Israeli new shekel (₪) and JOD - Jordanian dinar (JD), while language records include Arabic. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as PS. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 36.4 for 2023.
How to use this profile
This Palestine profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
PS / PSE
Top-level domains
.ps, فلسطين.
Continents
Asia
Border countries
ISR, EGY, JOR
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
PS
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Palestine is represented by the PS country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Gaza
590,481
primary
#2
Hebron
215,452
City
#3
Nāblus
177,638
City
#4
Rafaḩ
171,889
City
#5
Yattir
167,424
City
Governance
Government type
Unitary provisional semi-presidential republic under a provisional government
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
No
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
sunday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+970
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC+02:00
Languages
Arabic
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
36.4
2023