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Population and Housing Census 2017, Third Round

West Bank and Gaza, 2017
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PSE-PCBS-CEN-2017-V1.0
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Locality type (Loctype)

Data file: Members-en 2017

Overview

Valid: 940613
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 3
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Urban 728172
77.4%
2 Rural 137066
14.6%
3 Camps 75375
8%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
Localities have been divided into three types: Urban, Rural, Camp
1. Urban: Each locality that run by local municipality regardless the population size and other provided services based on Ministry of Local Government criteria.
2. Rural: Each locality that run by local council (not a municipality) and does not meet the definition of urban or camp based on the Ministry of Local Government criteria.
3. Camp: It refers to all localities run by the United Nations Refugees and Work Agency in the Near East (U.N.R.W.A.).
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