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Palestinian Authority muni al-Midya ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank , located 20 kilometers west of Ramallah .1 According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,301 inhabitants in 2007. Al-Midya's total land area was 6,959 dunams in 1942, but after 1948 and the seizure of most of the village's western land, it was reduced to 892 dunams, of which 217 were classified as built-up areas. 2007 PCBS Census . The series of Israeli annexation and threatening are now targeting Al-Midya village in Ramallah District Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 14 August 2003.2
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Palestinian Authority muni al-Midya ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank , located 20 kilometers west of Ramallah . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,301 inhabitants in 2007. 2007 PCBS Census .
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Municipality type D in Ramallah and al-Bireh, State of Palestine al-Midya ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the western West Bank , located west of Ramallah . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,301 inhabitants in 2007. 2007 PCBS Census .
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Municipality type D in Ramallah and al-Bireh, State of Palestine al-Midya ( Arabic : المدية ) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the western West Bank , located west of Ramallah . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,533 inhabitants in 2017. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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palestinian village in the ramallah and al-bireh governorate in the northern west bank
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palestinian village in the ramallah and al-bireh governorate in the western west bank
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