The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA; Arabic: السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية As-Sulta Al-Wataniyya
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Al-Filastīniyya) is an interim administrative organization that governs parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian National Authority was established in 1994, pursuant to the Oslo accords between the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the government of Israel, as a 5-year transitional body during which final status negotiations between the two parties were to take place. According to the Accords, the Palestinian Authority was designated to have control over both security-related and civilian issues in Palestinian urban areas (referred to as "Area A"), and only civilian control over Palestinian rural areas
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("Area B"). The remainder of the territories, including Israeli settlements, the Jordan Valley region, and bypass roads between Palestinian communities were to remain under exclusive Israeli control ("Area C"). East Jerusalem was excluded from the Accords.
Capital: Ramallah and Gaza de facto, as the current location of government institutions.
Largest city: Gaza or Nablus
Official languages: Arabic
Government: - President Mahmoud Abbas - Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (official; de facto in WB)
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Ismail Haniyeh (removed by Presidential decree; de facto in GS)
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Establishment: - Established 1994
Population: - 2005 estimate 3,702,212 (128th)
GDP (PPP): 2005 estimate - Total $5.327 billion (-) - Per capita $1,500[3] (-)
HDI: (2006) 0.736 (medium) (102th)
Currency: Israeli new sheqel , Jordanian dinara (JOD, ILS)
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