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Occupied Housing Units and Persons in Palestine by Governorate and Type of Toilet Facility used by the Household, 2017
Type of Toilet Facility used by the Household									Governorate
Total	Not Stated	others	no facility/bush/field	flush to open drain	Flush to septik tight tank	Flush to septik porous tank	Flush to piped sewer system
866,329	11,186	33	560	1,759	94,647	291,000	467,144	Housing Units	Palestine*
4,418,402	28,861	137	2,965	9,539	466,064	1,466,303	2,444,533	Persons
531,619	11,108	23	502	1,424	88,296	248,433	181,833	Housing Units	West Bank*
2,544,192	28,423	98	2,727	7,548	430,077	1,233,234	842,085	Persons
65,495	28	1	32	6	13,071	42,006	10,351	Housing Units	Jenin
308,088	131	1	178	41	62,056	198,585	47,096	Persons
12,411	0	0	59	30	3,909	7,427	986	Housing Units	Tubas & Northern Valleys
60,186	0	0	321	170	18,721	36,091	4,883	Persons
39,360	2	0	2	46	3,962	16,568	18,780	Housing Units	Tulkarm
183,110	9	0	7	205	18,903	77,298	86,688	Persons
82,235	41	1	36	61	12,447	23,266	46,383	Housing Units	Nablus
386,844	162	3	162	324	60,311	112,557	213,325	Persons
22,507	2	1	4	3	4,471	5,868	12,158	Housing Units	Qalqiliya
108,228	4	1	16	10	22,347	29,346	56,504	Persons
15,677	0	0	18	5	3,640	10,005	2,009	Housing Units	Salfit
73,735	0	0	115	28	17,351	47,675	8,566	Persons
70,188	1,339	1	107	267	20,008	27,925	20,541	Housing Units	Ramallah & Al-Bireh
321,588	4,695	2	567	1,477	93,822	131,910	89,115	Persons
10,234	607	2	26	70	1,530	6,547	1,452	Housing Units	Jericho & Al Aghwar
49,538	2,334	15	177	376	7,256	33,115	6,265	Persons
32,342	9,031	2	31	299	6,097	7,954	8,928	Housing Units	Jerusalem*
133,630	20,856	10	163	1,483	30,161	38,255	42,702	Persons
45,556	31	1	89	426	6,543	17,100	21,366	Housing Units	Bethlehem
212,409	92	5	473	2,220	32,406	85,298	91,915	Persons
135,614	27	14	98	211	12,618	83,767	38,879	Housing Units	Hebron
706,836	140	61	548	1,214	66,743	443,104	195,026	Persons
334,710	78	10	58	335	6,351	42,567	285,311	Housing Units	Gaza Strip
1,874,210	438	39	238	1,991	35,987	233,069	1,602,448	Persons
64,012	26	5	4	151	580	1,616	61,630	Housing Units	North Gaza
364,188	154	15	16	948	3,248	9,144	350,663	Persons
113,238	19	0	14	91	957	1,829	110,328	Housing Units	Gaza
640,806	124	0	40	523	5,814	10,441	623,864	Persons
49,202	30	5	2	45	1,052	3,119	44,949	Housing Units	Dier al Balah
269,576	143	24	7	256	5,802	17,038	246,306	Persons
66,510	3	0	34	45	2,491	29,683	34,254	Housing Units	Khan Yunis
366,674	17	0	171	250	13,901	161,761	190,574	Persons
41,748	0	0	4	3	1,271	6,320	34,150	Housing Units	Rafah
232,966	0	0	4	14	7,222	34,685	191,041	Persons
* Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967 .
Definition:Flush to piped sewer system: a public sewer system designed to remove human waste and wastewater from the housing unit to outside. These include pipes, trenches, pumps and disposal mechanisms
Flush to septic porous tank: a hole in the ground for the collection of wastewater, and its walls have holes or openings that enable it to leak water to the surrounding land
Flush to septic tight tank: a hole in the ground for the purpose of collection of wastewater, and its walls have are tight so that wastewater is not allowed to leak to the surrounding land
Flush to open drain: It is the connection of housing unit drains with an area outside the home and not to a public network or a hole (e.g. in the valley.(
No facility/bush/field: no toilet in the housing unit
Others: If the type of toilet used by household members other than the mentioned.
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2018. Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017: Census Final Results - Summary. 2017 Ramallah - Palestine.