Countries of the world 31 years of cia world fact books. The west bank fell to british forces during world war i, becoming part of the british mandate of palestine. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of west bank economy 2020 information contained here. Israel also see separate gaza strip and west bank entries, 153. The territory now known as the west bank was a part of the british mandate of palestine entrusted to the united kingdom by the league of nations after world war i. The west bank the larger of the two areas comprising the palestinian authority pa has experienced a general decline in economic conditions since the second intifada began in september 2000.
For other versions of this work, see the world factbook. The information regarding west bank on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central. Countries of the world 37 years of cia world fact books, factbook, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about west bank 2015 should be addressed to the cia. Following the 1948 arabisraeli war, the west bank was captured by transjordan later renamed jordan, which annexed the west bank in 1950. How europe is slowly dying despite an increasing world population this map shows how european countries birth rate per 1,000 people are much lower than other countries across the world. Our opensource library houses the thousands of documents, periodicals, maps and reports released to the public. The information regarding west bank on this page is republished from the 2015 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency. Cia the world factbook field listing government type. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of west bank 2015 information contained here. The cia world factbook with global information on geography, people, governments, economies, communications, transportation, the military, and international issues. The world factbook 1990 wikisource, the free online library. Cia world factbook world the world factbook central. Countries of the world 31 years of cia world fact books, factbook, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
The terms of the mandate called for the creation in palestine of a jewish national home without prejudicing the civil and religious rights of the nonjewish population of palestine. Direct negotiations to determine the permanent status of gaza and the west bank began in september 1999 after a threeyear hiatus, but were derailed by a second intifadah that broke out a year later. The israelplo declaration of principles on interim selfgovernment arrangements the dop, signed in washington on september 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of palestinian interim selfgovernment in the gaza strip and the west bank. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Cia factbook the world factbook central intelligence agency. The central intelligence agency cia is an independent us government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior us policymakers. West bank cia world factbook the best country factbook. For the people commenting that kids 12 if mature enough, or even older kids can watch this show, is very alarming. Countries of the world 37 years of cia world fact books. The world factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military.
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