The Bethlehem Governorate is one of a number of Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip within the Palestinian Territories, It covers an area of the West Bank, south of Jerusalem, the area around the City of Bethlehem. After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas and 16 governorates. ... The West Bank map The Gaza Strip map Palestinian territories is one of a number of terms used to describe, from Arab point of view, areas captured by Israel in the Six-day War of 1967, whose political status has been the subject of negotiations between Israel and the Palestine... Panoramic view from Mt. ... Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم   house of meat; Standard Hebrew בית לחם house of bread, Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem; Greek: Βηθλεέμ) is a city in the West Bank under Palestinian Authority considered a central hub of Palestinian cultural and tourism industries. ...

Its population was 132090 in 1997. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• Palestinian website

Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority
Jerusalem Governorate | Bethlehem Governorate | Deir Al-Balah Governorate | Gaza Governorate | Hebron Governorate | Jenin Governorate | Jericho Governorate | Khan Younis Governorate | Nablus Governorate | North Gaza Governorate | Qalqilya Governorate | Rafah Governorate | Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate | Salfit Governorate | Tubas Governorate | Tulkarm Governorate