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Palestine summary
Palestine is a small country with around 5M Palestinian. Official language is Arabic. Palestine uses metric system (kilograms, centimeters, °C). Time zone is UTC+02:00 with daylight saving time. Currency used in Palestine is New Israeli Sheqel (ILS).
🎫 Border Rank #️⃣ 10
🗺️ Passport Rank #️⃣ 208
ATMs in Palestine are Common. Internet speed in Palestine is on average 3.2 Mbps.
🏙️ Ramallah🗣️ Arabic
👨👩👦👦 5M ☀️ ~19 °C 🌧 ~33 mm 👍 Developing 🚩 6k km2 (2k mi²)
General
Socket 🔌
Palestine uses 230V, 50Hz with sockets and plugs Type C and Type H.
Languages 🗣️
- Arabic
Money
Currency 💱
1 ILS = 0.28 USDPalestine uses the Israeli new shekel (symbol: ?), code ILS.Banknotes come in denominations of 200, 100, 50 and 20 new shekels. New Shekel is subdivided into 100 agoras. Coins come in denominations of 10, 5, 2 and 1 new shekels and 50 and 10 agoras.
ATM 🏧🏦
CommonAutomatic teller machines are common in Palestine. You can usually find them in both large & small cities.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM — your standard magnetic card will work fine.
Tipping 💁🏽
Card 💳
Phone
Mobile Phone 📱
Roaming 🌐
Emergency Calls 🚨
Police :17
Ambulance :269 772 03 73
Fire department :18
Calling ☎️
InternationalTo call Palestine, dial +, then 970 (the country code for Palestine), then the area code (without the initial 0) and the local number.
LocallyFor local calls within Palestine, start with the area code (with the initial 0). In the case above area code is 2 .
international: + 970 2 1234567
calling local: 02 1234567
Internet connection
Internet Speed 💯
Internet speed in Palestine is on average 3.2 Mbps.
Wifi 📡
WiFi coverage in Palestine is very low. It's quite hard to find one.
SIM Card #️⃣
Driving
Rules 🚗
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Weather
Temperature 🌡️
Rainfall ☔
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