PALESTINE 


 

Surface 20.772 sq.km
Population 5.540.000 inhabitants
Language Arabic, English
Ethnics Jews, European, American, African, Asian
Religion Jews (82%), Islam (14%), christians (2%) and other groups
Capital Tel Aviv (318.000 inhabitants)
Government Republic 
Economy PIL 65.7 billion $ - Annual Credit 3.5% - Inflation 11,3% - PIL pro-capital 13.350$ - Commercial partners: America, Union of Europe, Japan, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Canada, South Africa.
Catholic Church 90.000 (1,63%) Catholics, 8 Dioceses; 79 Parishes; 1 Patriarch; 9 Bishops; 397 Priests, 158 Brothers, 1.039 Nuns; 118 Seminarists
Rite Latin, Greek Melkite, Maronite, Armenian, Byzantine, Copt.
Episcopal Conference  CELRA (Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Region 1986)