Number of Completed Buildings* by Governorate and Material of External Walls, 2017

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Governorate Material of External Walls
Total
Cleaned Stone Stone and Concrete Concrete Cement Block Adobe Clay Old Stone Other Not Stated
Palestine* 140,404 34,251 31,227 332,841 1,483 32,109 9,128 1,613 583,056
West Bank* 138,749 31,745 31,060 158,977 1,310 31,276 6,759 1,295 401,171
Jenin 9,296 4,302 6,036 34,058 379 1,746 685 295 56,797
Tubas & Northern Valleys  1,217 871 253 7,694 46 307 359 42 10,789
Tulkarm 3,892 1,530 1,631 20,998 155 2,114 321 16 30,657
Nablus 13,393 3,291 5,350 24,992 125 5,870 688 180 53,889
Qalqiliya 1,605 562 557 13,082 60 487 302 61 16,716
Salfit 2,439 561 414 9,898 25 1,072 199 49 14,657
Ramallah & Al-Bireh 23,409 2,311 2,982 14,071 78 5,216 835 172 49,074
Jericho & Al Aghwar  2,113 776 63 6,896 229 109 398 97 10,681
Jerusalem*  13,789 1,277 1,008 2,712 18 2,203 977 139 22,123
Bethlehem  19,768 1,668 1,714 4,017 32 4,039 434 75 31,747
Hebron  47,828 14,596 11,052 20,559 163 8,113 1,561 169 104,041
Gaza Strip 1,655 2,506 167 173,864 173 833 2,369 318 181,885
North Gaza 371 155 11 31,142 17 121 703 47 32,567
Gaza 852 2,097 59 42,579 67 547 476 87 46,764
Dier Al-Balah 115 39 13 29,895 17 12 252 50 30,393
Khan Younis 197 161 46 43,405 51 139 571 97 44,667
Rafah 120 54 38 26,843 21 14 367 37 27,494
* Data excluded those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in1967.
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2017.  Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017.  Ramallah - Palestine
Definition: (Construction Material of External Walls): The main material used in the construction of external sides of walls and it could comprise cleaned stone, stone and concrete, concrete, cement blocks, adobe clay, old stone or other.