West Bank and Gaza - Land area

Land area (sq. km)

The value for Land area (sq. km) in West Bank and Gaza was 6,020 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,020 in 2021 and a minimum value of 6,020 in 1961.

Definition: Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 6,020
1962 6,020
1963 6,020
1964 6,020
1965 6,020
1966 6,020
1967 6,020
1968 6,020
1969 6,020
1970 6,020
1971 6,020
1972 6,020
1973 6,020
1974 6,020
1975 6,020
1976 6,020
1977 6,020
1978 6,020
1979 6,020
1980 6,020
1981 6,020
1982 6,020
1983 6,020
1984 6,020
1985 6,020
1986 6,020
1987 6,020
1988 6,020
1989 6,020
1990 6,020
1991 6,020
1992 6,020
1993 6,020
1994 6,020
1995 6,020
1996 6,020
1997 6,020
1998 6,020
1999 6,020
2000 6,020
2001 6,020
2002 6,020
2003 6,020
2004 6,020
2005 6,020
2006 6,020
2007 6,020
2008 6,020
2009 6,020
2010 6,020
2011 6,020
2012 6,020
2013 6,020
2014 6,020
2015 6,020
2016 6,020
2017 6,020
2018 6,020
2019 6,020
2020 6,020
2021 6,020

Rural land area (sq. km)

Definition: Rural land area in square kilometers, derived from urban extent grids which distinguish urban and rural areas based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 3,505
2000 3,505
2010 3,505

Urban land area (sq. km)

Definition: Urban land area in square kilometers, based on a combination of population counts (persons), settlement points, and the presence of Nighttime Lights. Areas are defined as urban where contiguous lighted cells from the Nighttime Lights or approximated urban extents based on buffered settlement points for which the total population is greater than 5,000 persons.

Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.e

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Year Value
1990 2,496
2000 2,496
2010 2,496

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use