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West Bank

Palestinian territory on the western bank of the Jordan River, occupied by Israel
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Summary

West Bank is an occupied territory[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of occupied territory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46,366 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Palestine[3], Judea and Samaria Area[4]
  • Country: Palestine[5], Israel[6]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Dead Sea[7], Jordan River[8], Sea of Galilee[9]
  • Continent: Asia[10]
  • Instance of: disputed territory[11], Region of Palestine[12], administrative territorial entity[13], region[14]
  • Capital: Ramallah[15]
  • Currency: new shekel[16]
  • Shares border with: Israel[17], Jordan[18]
  • Named after: Jordan River[19], west[20], shore[21], Judea[22], Samaria[23]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Quds Governorate[24], Hebron Governorate[25], Bethlehem Governorate[26], Jenin Governorate[27], Tulkarm Governorate[28], Qalqilya Governorate[29], Salfit Governorate[30], Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate[31], Nablus Governorate[32], Tubas Governorate[33], Jericho Governorate[34]
  • Location: Southern Levant[35]
  • Part of: Palestine[36], Occupied Palestinian territories[37], Israeli-occupied territories[38], Middle East[39]
  • Commons category: West Bank[40]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[41], UTC+03:00[42]
  • Telephone country code: +970[43]
  • Has part(s): East Jerusalem[44], Palestinian enclaves[45], Israeli settlement[46], Israeli West Bank barrier[47], Area C[48]
  • Inception: 1949[49]
  • Highest point: Mount Nabi Yunis[50]
  • Located in/on physical feature: West Asia[51]
  • Significant event: 1948 Arab–Israeli War[52], Jordanian annexation of the West Bank[53], Six-Day War[54], Israeli occupation of the West Bank[55], Jerusalem Law[56], Oslo Accords[57]
  • Topic's main category: Category:West Bank[58]
  • Commons gallery: West Bank[59]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for West Bank include Judea and Samaria Area[60], a districts of Israel[61], in Israel[62].

Why It Matters

West Bank has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] It is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for it include Judea and Samaria Area[60], a districts of Israel[61], in Israel[62].

Related Entities

Beit Sahour Beit Yala Hebron Israel Jordan Mount Scopus new shekel Palestine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4VOjx6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Palestine, Israel, Jordan
    Harper's tag → west-bank
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: west-bank, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971211|west bank (#289971211)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 15w ago · Infovarius · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Palestinian territory on the western bank of the Jordan River, occupied by Israe
    Part of → Palestine, Occupied Palestinian territory, Israeli-occupied territories +2
    Country → Palestine, Israel, Jordan
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Country: Palestinian National Authority, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  4. 16w ago · Textcurator · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Palestine, Occupied Palestinian territory, Israeli-occupied territories +2
    Wikidata description → Palestinian territory on the western bank of the Jordan River, occupied by Israe
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Part of: Israeli-occupied territories"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0264530-Zapadni-breh-Jordanu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0264530-Zapadni-breh-Jordanu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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