Population Housing and Establishment Census 1997

West Bank and Gaza, 1997

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PSE-PCBS-CEN-1997-V1.0

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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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Locality Type (loctype)

Data file: census1997-e

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Valid: 519394

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Urban	275420	53%
2	Rural	160873	31%
3	Camps	83101	16%

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Definition

Locality Type:

Localities have been divided into three types: Urban, Rural, Camps

Urban: Any locality whose population amounts to 10,000 persons or more. This applies to all governorates/districts centers regardless of their size. Besides, it refers to all localities whose populations vary from 4,000 to 9,999 persons provided they have, at least, four of the following elements: public electricity network, public water network, post office, health center with a full - time physician and a school offering a general secondary education certificate.

Rural: Any locality whose population is less than 4,000 persons or whose population varies from 4,000 to 9,999 persons but lacking four of the aforementioned elements.

Camp: It refers to any locality referred to as a refugee camp and administered by the United Nations Refugees and Work Agency in the Near East (U.N.R.W.A.).

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