Palestine prepares for 2017 general census

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is getting ready for the population, housing and establishment census in 2017, which will provide a statistical database for government development policies and plans.
An employee from the Palestinian statistics department completes a form for the Palestinian population census during house-to-house visits in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 01 December 2007. The Palestinian Authority began today the first population census in the territories since 1997. AFP PHOTO/Abbas MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
An employee from the Palestinian statistics department completes a form for the Palestinian population census during house-to-house visits in the city of Ramallah, West Bank, Dec. 1, 2007. - ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) will conduct an electronic population, housing and establishment census in 2017, across the 1967 Palestinian occupied territories, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

This census will be the third general census for population, housing and establishment to be carried out in the history of the Palestinian Authority (PA); the first was conducted in 1997 and the second in 2007.

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