Palestine
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Summary
Palestine is a region[1]. Palestine ranks in the top 2% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,884 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Israel[3], Palestine[4], Jordan[5]
- Continent: Asia[6]
- Instance of: divided region[7], cultural region[8], occupied territory[9], tourist destination[10]
- Location: West Asia[11]
- Part of: Southern Levant[12]
- Commons category: Palestine[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[14], UTC+03:00[15]
- Said to be the same as: Land of Israel[16], Holy Land in Islam[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Palestine (region)[18]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Palestine[19]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[20], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[21], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27], The American Cyclopædia[28], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29], Pauly–Wissowa[30]
- Partially coincident with: Israel[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Palestine (region)[32]
- Demonym: فلسطينيون[33], パレスチナ人[34], 巴勒斯坦人[35], palestina[36], palestino[37], Filistinli[38], فلسطینی[39], Palestinian[40], Palestinien[41], Palästinenser[42]
- Driving side: right[43]
- Different from: Palestine[44], Palestinian National Authority[45]
- History of topic: history of Palestine[46]
- Literal translation: فلسطين[47]
- Studied by: Palestinian studies[48], Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology[49]
- Geography of topic: geography of Palestine[50]
- Language used: South Levantine Arabic[51], Jewish Palestinian Aramaic[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Palestine include Palestine[53], a country[54], in Palestine[55], founded in 1988[56]; From the river to the sea[57], a political slogan[58], founded in 1960[59]; Eretz Israel Museum[60], a museum[61], in Israel[62], founded in 1958[63], headquartered in Tel Aviv[64]; University of Palestine[65], a private university[66], in Palestine[67], founded in 2005[68], headquartered in Al-Zahra[69]; Palestine Book Awards[70], an award[71], in United Kingdom[72], founded in 2012[73]; and Palaestina[74], a taxon[75].
Why It Matters
Palestine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[76] Palestine is known by 130 alternative names across languages and contexts.[77]
Entities named for Palestine include Palestine[53], a country[54], in Palestine[55], founded in 1988[56]; From the river to the sea[57], a political slogan[58], founded in 1960[59]; Eretz Israel Museum[60], a museum[61], in Israel[62], founded in 1958[63], headquartered in Tel Aviv[64]; University of Palestine[65], a private university[66], in Palestine[67], founded in 2005[68], headquartered in Al-Zahra[69]; Palestine Book Awards[70], an award[71], in United Kingdom[72], founded in 2012[73]; and Palaestina[74], a taxon[75].