Country
Palestine
2 cities in this atlas
Palestine has two capitals, East Jerusalem and Ramallah, an arrangement that reflects the divided and disputed nature of governance across its territory. Each also ranks among its largest settlements, so administrative authority overlaps with population concentration rather than sitting apart in a separate seat of government. Other large places, from Gaza to Hebron and Nablus, remain outside this dual-capital structure entirely.
Cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| East Jerusalemcapitalde jure | 428,304 |
| Gaza | 410,000 |
| Khān Yūnis | 173,183 |
| Jabālyā | 168,568 |
| Hebron | 160,470 |
| Nablus | 130,326 |
| Rafaḩ | 126,305 |
| Dayr al Balaḩ | 59,504 |
| Bayt Lāhyā | 56,919 |
| Battir | 56,746 |
| Ţūlkarm | 44,169 |
| Ramallahcapitalde facto | 43,880 |
| Qalqīlyah | 43,212 |
| Yaţţā | 41,425 |
| Ma‘ale Adummim | 38,193 |
| Al Bīrah | 38,192 |
| Bayt Ḩānūn | 37,392 |
| An Nuşayrāt | 36,123 |
| Old City | 36,000 |
| Shu‘fāţ | 35,000 |
| Al Burayj | 34,951 |
| Janīn | 34,730 |
| Banī Suhaylā | 31,272 |
| Bethlehem | 29,019 |
| Az̧ Z̧āhirīyah | 27,616 |
| Bayt Ḩanīnā | 27,000 |
| ‘Aţārūt | 25,595 |
| Surif City | 25,242 |
| Ar Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al Barīd | 24,838 |
| Ḩalḩūl | 21,076 |
| Dūrā | 20,835 |
| Banī Na‘īm | 19,783 |
| Jericho | 19,783 |
| Al Qarārah | 19,500 |
| As Samū‘ | 19,355 |
| Qabāţīyah | 19,127 |
| Idhnā | 18,727 |
| ‘Abasān al Kabīrah | 18,163 |
| Sa‘īr | 17,775 |
| Al ‘Ayzarīyah | 17,455 |
| Balāţah | 17,146 |
| Az Zuwāydah | 16,688 |
| Bayt Jālā | 16,183 |
| Al Yāmūn | 16,164 |
| Ţūbās | 15,591 |
| Şūr Bāhir | 15,000 |
| Shokat as-Sufi | 15,000 |
| Bayt Sāḩūr | 14,921 |
| Tarqūmyā | 14,202 |
| Ya‘bad | 13,477 |
| Wadi al-Joz | 13,000 |
| Baytūnyā | 12,822 |
| Bayt Ūmmar | 12,238 |
| ‘Anātā | 11,946 |
| Givat Zeev | 11,764 |
| Abū Dīs | 11,753 |
| Salfīt | 11,000 |
| Al ‘Ubaydīyah | 10,618 |
| Bayt Fajjār | 10,579 |
| Shūkat aş Şūfī | 10,566 |
The 60 largest settlements, from a gazetteer with no population floor.
Palestine divides the role of capital between more than one city: East Jerusalem (de jure), Ramallah (de facto). Each is a capital in its own right rather than one being the real one.
Linked cities have a page in this atlas. The rest are listed for completeness.