Ramallah

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Ramallah (Arabic: رام الله Rāmallāh (info • help) 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.^[1] Ramallah was historically a Christian town, but today Muslims form the majority of the population, with 25% of the people Christians.^[2]^[3]

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".^[4]

Palestinian PLO leader (1969-2004) Yasser Arafat is entombed here in mausoleum.

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An old Christian cemetery in Ramallah.
Ramallah Friends Schools.
Residential neighborhood in Ramallah.
2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements.
Taken today [January 16th 2013] of the Palestinian Presidential Compound, the Ramallah Muqataa, and provides a more clear view of what the compound really looks like.
Central street of Ramallah
Mausoleum of Yasser Arafat (Mukataa, Ramallah)
Israeli West Bank barrier near Ramallah
The tomb of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah/West Bank. Behind this huge poster a monument for Arafat is being built.
Photo: Soman The town of Yabroud is the smallest one in the Ramallah area. The people there have set of roots in the in places around the world. This town has stood in roughly the same place for over 20 centuries, YABROUD is populated with people from dar katash.