When did the Bethlehem Governorate article stop using the word ""?

The word appeared 0 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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Bethlehem Governorate

Q: Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Bethlehem Governorate article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "one of 16 governorates of the west bank and gaza strip within the palestinian territories". Today it says "one of 16 governorates of palestine". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2025 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of 16 governorates of the west bank and gaza strip within the palestinian territories”. Today it says “one of 16 governorates of palestine”.

Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.

Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of 16 governorates of the west bank and gaza strip within the palestinian territories”. Today it says “one of 16 governorates of palestine”.

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The opening as it read in 2025

Bethlehem Governorate ( Arabic : محافظة بيت لحم , romanized : Muḥāfaẓat Bayt Laḥm ) is one of 16 governorates of Palestine . It covers an area of the West Bank , south of Jerusalem . Its principal city and district capital is Bethlehem . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , its population was estimated to 199,463 in 2012. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) .

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1293138682.

Today

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of 16 governorates of the west bank and gaza strip within the palestinian territories”. Today it says “one of 16 governorates of palestine”. Read the current article and compare.

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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

one of 16 governorates of the west bank and gaza strip within the palestinian territories

Now

one of 16 governorates of palestine

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