Data tables, 2016 Census

Immigrant Status and Period of Immigration (11), Place of Birth (272), Age (7A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

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This table details immigrant status and period of immigration , place of birth , age and sex for the population in private households in Division No. 16
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Place of birth (272)	Immigrant status and period of immigration (11)
Place of birth (272)	Total - Immigrant status and period of immigration^Footnote 1	Non-immigrants^Footnote 2	Immigrants^Footnote 3	Before 1981	1981 to 1990	1991 to 2000	2001 to 2010	2001 to 2005	2006 to 2010	2011 to 2016^Footnote 4	Non-permanent residents^Footnote 5
Total - Place of birth^{Footnote 6}	73,875	56,560	15,880	1,025	920	1,985	6,960	2,870	4,090	4,990	1,435
Born in Canada	56,350	56,350	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Born outside Canada	17,525	215	15,880	1,020	920	1,985	6,960	2,870	4,090	4,995	1,435
Americas	1,930	50	1,615	225	170	145	635	185	455	430	265
North America	515	40	385	90	60	40	95	40	60	95	90
Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States^{Footnote 7}	515	40	385	85	60	45	100	40	60	95	90
Central America	275	0	230	25	55	10	120	35	90	25	40
Belize	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	10	0	0
Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
El Salvador	75	0	70	0	25	10	35	0	35	10	0
Guatemala	20	0	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	140	10	105	15	0	10	65	30	40	15	35
Nicaragua	10	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Panama	15	0	15	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Caribbean and Bermuda	485	0	460	80	45	70	150	75	75	120	25
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas	20	0	15	0	0	0	15	10	0	0	0
Barbados	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cuba	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic	20	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	15	0	15	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haiti	50	0	50	0	0	10	10	10	0	40	0
Jamaica	245	0	235	40	25	30	85	30	55	60	10
Martinique	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Martin (French part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago	85	0	85	20	15	15	30	20	10	10	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, British	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands, United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South America	655	0	540	35	15	20	270	30	235	195	110
Argentina	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia^{Footnote 8}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	60	0	60	0	0	10	45	0	45	10	0
Chile	25	0	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Colombia	120	0	60	0	0	0	35	10	25	20	55
Ecuador	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
French Guiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	20	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	60	0	60	0	0	0	45	10	30	10	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	20	0	20	0	0	0	15	0	15	0	0
Venezuela^{Footnote 9}	330	0	280	0	0	0	125	20	105	155	50
Europe	1,805	65	1,655	450	225	325	360	120	240	300	80
Western Europe	305	50	250	100	45	35	55	0	50	20	10
Austria	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	30	0	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Germany	195	45	140	55	30	30	10	0	10	10	15
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	60	0	60	25	0	0	30	0	35	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Europe	505	0	465	10	60	135	155	75	80	100	35
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	25	0	20	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Czech Republic	15	0	15	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	70	0	75	0	10	20	15	15	0	25	0
Latvia	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	10
Lithuania	15	0	15	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Moldova^{Footnote 10}	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Poland	85	0	90	0	45	30	15	0	10	0	0
Romania	105	0	105	0	0	35	55	30	20	10	0
Russian Federation	55	0	55	0	0	30	20	15	10	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Ukraine	100	0	75	0	0	0	40	10	30	25	25
Northern Europe	695	20	655	270	90	40	120	30	90	130	20
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland^{Footnote 11}	115	15	90	20	15	0	0	0	0	55	0
Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	20	0	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom^{Footnote 12}	555	0	545	230	80	40	115	30	85	75	10
Southern Europe	295	0	285	70	30	105	30	0	20	45	15
Albania	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	55	0	55	0	0	45	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia	15	0	15	0	0	10	0	10	0	0	0
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	50	0	50	35	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Kosovo^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of^{Footnote 14}	20	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Malta	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	40	0	40	30	0	0	10	0	10	10	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia^{Footnote 15}	45	0	45	0	10	20	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	55	0	45	0	10	0	0	0	0	30	10
Africa	3,290	35	3,100	30	190	415	1,450	585	865	1,005	160
Western Africa	670	0	620	10	25	90	350	110	240	150	50
Benin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	15	0	15	0	0	0	15	0	15	0	0
Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	135	0	115	15	15	30	35	20	10	20	15
Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Mauritania	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	10	0	20	0
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	460	0	430	0	0	50	275	75	195	100	30
Saint Helena^{Footnote 16}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	15	0	0
Sierra Leone	15	0	15	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Africa	1,785	15	1,730	0	160	250	725	290	430	595	40
Burundi	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	260	10	245	0	10	15	55	10	50	165	0
Ethiopia	510	0	495	0	45	80	160	40	115	215	15
Kenya	95	0	95	0	0	15	30	25	10	45	0
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	15	0	15	0	0	0	15	0	10	0	0
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda	20	0	20	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	470	0	465	0	95	95	180	70	115	85	10
South Sudan	40	0	40	0	0	10	30	20	0	0	0
Tanzania^{Footnote 17}	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0
Uganda	50	0	50	0	0	0	40	15	25	0	0
Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	280	0	260	0	0	20	205	115	95	40	20
Northern Africa	380	15	345	0	0	30	195	95	100	120	20
Algeria	55	0	50	0	0	15	30	20	15	10	0
Egypt	65	0	45	0	0	10	35	15	20	0	20
Libya	10	0	15	0	0	0	10	0	10	10	0
Morocco	105	0	105	0	0	0	75	40	40	25	0
Sudan^{Footnote 18}	105	15	90	0	0	0	30	10	30	55	0
Tunisia	40	0	40	0	0	0	15	10	0	25	0
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Africa	110	0	110	10	0	15	55	35	25	30	0
Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	50	0	50	0	0	0	30	15	10	15	0
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	20	0	15	0	0	10	10	0	10	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	40	0	40	0	0	10	20	15	10	10	0
Congo, Republic of the	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southern Africa	350	0	290	10	0	40	130	60	70	115	55
Botswana	40	0	35	0	0	0	25	15	10	10	10
Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Namibia	100	0	70	0	0	0	25	10	20	45	25
South Africa, Republic of	210	10	185	10	10	40	70	35	35	60	25
Swaziland	10	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Asia	10,260	50	9,300	295	325	1,080	4,415	1,970	2,445	3,180	910
West Central Asia and the Middle East	1,070	10	1,030	85	90	180	370	225	145	290	40
Afghanistan	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus	15	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	10	0
Georgia	20	0	25	0	0	0	10	0	10	10	0
Iran^{Footnote 19}	60	0	60	10	0	20	0	0	0	25	0
Iraq	20	0	20	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
Israel	25	0	20	0	0	10	10	0	10	0	0
Jordan	50	0	50	0	10	0	35	35	0	10	0
Kazakhstan	50	0	45	0	0	0	35	35	0	10	0
Kuwait	50	0	50	0	0	10	20	10	10	15	0
Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	430	10	420	75	65	75	130	75	50	75	10
Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	90	0	85	0	0	10	55	30	25	20	0
Syria^{Footnote 20}	80	0	80	0	10	10	10	10	0	65	0
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	30	0	30	0	10	15	0	0	0	10	0
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	55	0	55	0	0	10	30	15	15	10	10
Uzbekistan	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)^{Footnote 21}	25	0	25	0	0	0	10	10	10	15	0
Yemen	50	0	25	0	0	0	10	0	10	15	30
Eastern Asia	865	20	775	55	50	150	350	180	165	165	70
China^{Footnote 22}	505	0	475	20	0	95	230	140	90	125	25
Hong Kong^{Footnote 23}	95	20	70	20	35	0	15	0	10	0	0
Japan	40	0	35	0	0	15	10	15	0	0	10
Korea, North^{Footnote 24}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South^{Footnote 25}	190	0	155	15	0	30	85	25	65	25	35
Macao^{Footnote 26}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	40	0	35	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0
Southeast Asia	4,550	15	3,885	110	125	350	1,400	385	1,020	1,905	655
Brunei Darussalam	15	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	20	0	15	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indonesia	65	0	55	0	10	0	15	0	10	35	10
Laos^{Footnote 27}	20	0	25	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	55	0	55	20	20	0	10	0	0	0	0
Philippines	4,220	10	3,580	75	40	305	1,335	360	975	1,825	635
Singapore	25	0	25	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Thailand	65	0	60	0	10	10	15	15	0	30	0
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	65	0	60	0	15	15	25	0	20	0	10
Southern Asia	3,775	15	3,615	45	60	395	2,295	1,175	1,115	820	145
Bangladesh	95	0	100	0	0	15	75	50	20	0	0
Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	2,315	10	2,195	35	15	175	1,440	735	705	530	115
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	65	0	60	0	0	0	30	20	10	25	10
Pakistan	1,010	10	975	10	0	165	585	340	245	220	30
Sri Lanka	290	0	285	0	40	45	165	35	130	35	0
Oceania	240	15	210	10	10	15	95	15	75	75	20
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	85	10	70	0	0	0	45	10	35	15	10
Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	90	0	80	0	10	15	25	0	20	30	10
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micronesia, Federated States of	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	65	0	65	0	0	0	25	0	25	30	0
Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pitcairn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other places of birth^{Footnote 28}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Immigrant status refers to whether the person is a non-immigrant, an immigrant or a non-permanent resident.

Period of immigration refers to the period in which the immigrant first obtained landed immigrant or permanent resident status.

For more information on immigration variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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Footnote 2

'Non-immigrants' includes persons who are Canadian citizens by birth.

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Footnote 3

'Immigrants' includes persons who are, or who have ever been, landed immigrants or permanent residents. Such persons have been granted the right to live in Canada permanently by immigration authorities. Immigrants who have obtained Canadian citizenship by naturalization are included in this category. In the 2016 Census of Population, 'Immigrants' includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 4

Includes immigrants who landed in Canada on or prior to May 10, 2016.

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Footnote 5

'Non-permanent residents' includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them.

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Footnote 6

For more information on the place of birth variables, including information on their classifications, the questions from which they are derived, data quality and their comparability with other sources of data, please refer to the Place of Birth, Generation Status, Citizenship and Immigration Reference Guide, Census of Population, 2016.

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The official name of United States is United States of America.

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The official name of Bolivia is Plurinational State of Bolivia.

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The official name of Venezuela is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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The official name of Moldova is Republic of Moldova.

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Ireland is also referred to as Republic of Ireland.

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The official name of United Kingdom is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. United Kingdom includes Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland (excludes Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and British Overseas Territories).

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The official name of Kosovo is Republic of Kosovo.

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Macedonia, Republic of: known as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the United Nations and other international bodies.

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Serbia excludes Kosovo.

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The official name of Saint Helena is Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

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The official name of Tanzania is United Republic of Tanzania.

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The full name of Sudan is the Republic of the Sudan.

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The official name of Iran is Islamic Republic of Iran.

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The official name of Syria is Syrian Arab Republic.

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West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine): West Bank and Gaza Strip are the territories referred to in the Declaration of Principles, signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Palestine refers to pre-1948 British mandate Palestine.

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