Palestinian Territories

State of Palestine · فلسطين

Palestinian Territories (PS, PSE) is a territory in Western Asia, with Ramallah as its capital. The currency is the Israeli New Shekel (ILS, ₪) and Jordanian Dinar (JOD, JOD). The international dialling code is +970 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0599 123 456. There are 2 time zones: Asia/Gaza and Asia/Hebron. Official language: Arabic.

CurrencyILS, JOD₪ JOD

Dial code+970e.g. 0599 123 456

Time zone2 zonesUTC+02:00 … UTC+02:00

LanguageArabic

CapitalRamallah

Population5.4M6.2K km²

Overview

Official name: State of Palestine
Native name: فلسطين
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: PS
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: PSE
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 275
IOC code: PLE
Demonym: Palestinian
Capital: Ramallah
Region: Asia › Western Asia
Status: Dependency or territory
Groups: Western Asia
Internet domain: .ps, فلسطين.
Coordinates: 31.9, 35.2
Area: 6,220 km²
Population: 5,385,010
GDP: $54.8B ($10.2K per person)
Literacy: 95.3%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇮🇱 Israel
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇯🇴 Jordan

Currency

Israeli New Shekel ILS

Symbol: ₪
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: ‏١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠ ₪

Jordanian Dinar JOD

Symbol: JOD
Minor units: 3 decimals
Example: ‏١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠٠ د.أ.‏

Former currencies: ILP JOD

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population	Writing
Arabic ar	Official	100% (5.4M)
apc apc		87% (4.7M)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Asia/Gaza		UTC+02:00	UTC+03:00	Eastern European Standard Time
Asia/Hebron		UTC+02:00	UTC+03:00	Eastern European Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +970
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 8–10 digits
Emergency number: 100 pattern 10[0-2]

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	02 223 4567	+970 2 223 4567	XX XXX XXXX	8
Mobile	0599 123 456	+970 599 123 456	XXXX XXX XXX	9
Toll free	1800 123 456	+970 1800 123 456	XXXX XXX XXX	10
Shared cost	1700 123 456	+970 1700 123 456	XXXX XXX XXX	10

Check a phone number

Show the 3 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`[2489]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`5`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{4})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`1`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

No address data.

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
Calendars: gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: ar-PS

Number and date formats

As written by the Arabic (Palestinian Territories) locale (ar-PS), amounts in ILS.

Number: ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
Percent: ٤٥٫٧٪؜
Currency (ILS): ‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ₪
Accounting: ؜-‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ₪
Currency, name: ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ شيكل إسرائيلي جديد
Compact short: ١٫٢ مليون
Compact long: ١٫٢ مليون
Scientific: ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
Speed: ٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
Temperature: ٢١٫٥°م
Date, full: الجمعة، ٢٧ آذار ٢٠٢٦
Date, long: ٢٧ آذار ٢٠٢٦
Date, medium: ٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Date, short: ٢٧‏/٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Time, medium: ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
Time, short: ٣:٠٤ م
Date and time: ٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
Month and year: آذار ٢٠٢٦
Weekday: الجمعة
Relative time: أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
List: and: A وB وC
List: or: A أو B أو C