Statistical information West Bank 1992

West Bank in the World

West Bank - Geography 1992

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Location

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Area
Total: 5,860 km²
Land:

5,640 km²; includes West Bank, East Jerusalem, Latrun
Salient, Jerusalem No Man's Land, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus

Comparative: slightly larger than Delaware

Land boundaries: 404 km total; Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km

Coastline: none - landlocked

Maritime claims: none - landlocked
Disputes: Israeli occupied with status to be determined

Climate: temperate, temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters

Terrain: mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east

Elevation

Natural resources: negligible

Land use