DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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Question
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The West Bank is about the same size as what US state?
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Texas
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New Jersey
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Delaware
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California
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The West Bank occupies an area of 5, 860 km², making it slightly larger than twice the size of Luxembourg, or slightly smaller than the US state of Delaware. The territory has a population of 3 million people (est. 2017), about 390, 000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2016).
Detailed explanation-2: -Israel is a small country in the Middle East about the size of the state of New Jersey. The country has a diverse climate with snowy mountains in the north and the hot desert in the south.
Detailed explanation-3: -The land mass of Gaza is tiny. At 139 square miles, it’s about the same size as Detroit (138.8 square miles), Philadelphia (134.1), Las Vegas (135.8), or Portland, Oregon (133.4).
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