<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: West Bank<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Middle East, between Jordan and Israel
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 5,860 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 5,640 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly larger than Delaware
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes West Bank, East Jerusalem, Latrun Salient, Jerusalem No Man's Land, and the northwest quarter of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus
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<item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 404 km, Israel 307 km, Jordan 97 km
<item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 0 km (landlocked)
<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli occupied with interim status subject to Israeli/Palestinian negotiations—final status to be determined
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> temperate, temperature and precipitation vary with altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in west, but barren in east
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 32%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 1%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 40%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 200 Jewish settlements and civilian land use sites in the West Bank and 25 in East Jerusalem (April 1994)