Palestinian local community main survey on facilities and population
Palestine, Economics, 9/24/2003

205 Localities (34%) do not have public water network, and 79 localities (13%) do not have electricity network. the Palestinian PCBS conducted the third round of the local community survey in the Palestinian Territory during the period 11/06/2003-10/07/2003. This survey is an important information tool for developing the Palestinian localities.

1. Population:
Population projections reveal that mid year population in 2003 totaled 3,634,495 persons, of whom 2,304,825 in the West Bank and 1,329,670 in Gaza Strip.

2. Local Communities:
According to the official list of local authorities adopted by PCBS and the ministry of local governments, there are 686 localities in the Palestinian Territory. The localities are distributed by type as 54 urban, 603 rural, and 29 refugee camps. (For the purpose of this survey 76 localities were excluded in the presentation of the results due to the fact that some of them are not populated or affiliated in terms of administration and services to other localities).

3. Local Authorities:
There are 521 local authorities in the Palestinian Territory distributed by type as 107 municipalities, 11 local councils, 374 village council or project committee, and 29 director of refugee camp. It is worth mentioning that 99 local authorities provide services for more than one locality.

The results reveal that the total local authorities members are 3,779, of which 3,713 males against 66 females (1.7%). All female members are in the West Bank local authorities.

The results indicate also that 98 local authorities reported the need of upgrading the capacity of technical and administrate staff, 68 reported the need for computers, while 189 reported the need for premises and funding development projects.

4. Water:
205 localities in the Palestinian Territory do not have public water network (34%), of which 204 in the West Bank. The results reveal also that 42 localities were connected to public water network after 1998, of which 35 in the West Bank.

5. Electricity:
79 localities in the Palestinian Territory are not connected to public electricity network (13%), and 53 localities were connected to public electricity network after 1998.

6. Wastewater:
The results of the survey reveal that 63 localities (less than 10%) are connected to public sewage system, of which 46 localities in the West Bank. In addition 545 localities use cesspit for wastewater disposal, 521 in the West Bank and 24 in Gaza Strip.

The results reveal also that 25 localities were connected to public sewage system after 1998, of which 18 in the West Bank and 7 in Gaza Strip.

7. Solid Waste:
The results reveal that 193 (32%) localities do not have the services of collecting solid waste. The local authorities provide collecting solid waste services in 328 localities, of which 309 in the West Bank and 19 in Gaza Strip; while private contractors collect the solid waste in 13 localities of which 12 in the West Bank.

The result about the dumping sites indicate that there are 194 dumping sites in the Palestinian Territory, of which 189 in the West Bank, and 5 in Gaza Strip. There are 99 dumping sites used by one locality, and 94 used by more than one locality.

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