Number of Settlers in the Settlements in the West Bank, by Governorate and Geographical Dispersion, 2015  

 

Governorate

Geographical Dispersion

Total

The EasternStrip

Mountain Strip

The WesternHills Strip

Greater Jerusalem

West Bank

6,908 54,830 189,195 366,358 617,291

Jenin

- - 2,851 - 2,851

Tubas

2,036 - - - 2,036

Tulkarm

- - 2,993 - 2,993

Nablus

283 15,069 2,354 - 17,706

Qalqiliya

- 4,200 32,806 - 37,006

Salfit

- 884 38,604 - 39,488

Ramallah & Al-Bireh

- 14,929 107,002 1,263 123,194

Jericho & Al-Aghwar

3,905 - - 2,381 6,286

Jerusalem

407 - - 292,148 292,555

Area J1

- - - 214,135 214,135

Area J2

407 - - 78,013 78,420

Bethlehem

277 6,079 - 68,964 75,320

Hebron

- 13,669 2,585 1,602 17,856

Sources:  The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B'TSELEM), 2002.  Land Grab-Israel’s Settlement Policy in the West Bank.  Jerusalem.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Israeli Settlements and Land Grab Database 2015.  Ramallah- Palestine.
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Abstract of Israel.  Jerusalem, Various Years, (2003-2015).
The Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies, Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem.    Jerusalem, Various Years, (2005-2012).