evidence: The West Bank, called al-Daffah in Arabic, is located on the western side of the Jordan River, from which it derives its name. [...] The West Bank, with approximately 3.3 million Palestinian inhabitants, has roughly one million more residents than Gaza. The West Bank is divided into 11 governorates. Hebron, or al-Khalil in Arabic, is the most populous governorate with about 842,000 residents. It is followed by Jerusalem (500,000), Nablus (440,000), Ramallah and el-Bireh (337,000) and Jenin (360,000).