Palestine

Palestine

Palestine ranks 215th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Djibouti, Seychelles, and American Samoa. Memorable people born in present day Palestine include Zacchaeus, Jehoshaphat, and Herod Archelaus. Memorable people who died in Palestine include Elizabeth, Jeroboam, and Joseph of Arimathea. Palestine has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.

Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia recognized by 146 out of 193 UN member states. It encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories, within the broader geographic and historical Palestine region. Palestine shares most of its borders with Israel, and it borders Jordan to the east and Egypt to the southwest. It has a total land area of 6,020 square kilometres (2,320 sq mi) while its population exceeds five million people. Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Ramallah serves as its administrative center. Gaza City was its largest city prior to evacuations in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia