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 Thompson-Nicola
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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}	129,020	115,700	11,770	6,265	1,170	1,255	1,710	675	1,030	1,370	1,545
Born in Canada	115,065	115,060	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Born outside Canada	13,955	645	11,770	6,260	1,175	1,255	1,710	675	1,035	1,370	1,545
Americas	2,335	245	1,925	1,060	240	175	225	130	95	225	165
North America	1,710	215	1,425	915	185	90	150	100	50	80	70
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}	1,710	210	1,420	915	180	90	155	100	50	80	70
Central America	270	25	210	30	35	40	40	20	15	70	35
Belize	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica	15	10	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
El Salvador	40	0	40	0	20	15	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala	35	15	25	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Mexico	140	0	110	15	0	0	30	15	15	55	25
Nicaragua	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caribbean and Bermuda	120	10	90	25	0	10	10	0	10	45	25
Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barbados	20	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bermuda	0	0	0	0	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cuba	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haiti	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Jamaica	75	0	60	10	0	10	10	0	10	35	20
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	0	0	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	235	0	195	90	20	35	25	10	20	30	35
Argentina	25	0	25	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia^{Footnote 8}	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil	60	0	20	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	40
Chile	25	0	30	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colombia	25	0	25	10	0	15	0	0	0	10	0
Ecuador	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	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	15	0	10	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	20	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peru	30	0	30	0	0	0	15	0	15	0	0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
Uruguay	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela^{Footnote 9}	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Europe	6,565	195	6,125	4,385	485	485	505	160	340	270	240
Western Europe	1,780	120	1,650	1,135	125	140	180	65	110	70	15
Austria	80	0	80	55	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	45	0	50	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	105	40	65	50	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Germany	1,010	65	935	665	65	60	130	55	70	25	10
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	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	335	10	320	260	20	10	30	10	25	0	10
Switzerland	200	0	190	55	30	55	20	10	10	30	0
Eastern Europe	680	0	600	290	100	105	70	30	40	40	80
Belarus	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	25	0	20	0	0	0	25	0	20	0	0
Czech Republic	95	0	85	70	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	20	0	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	105	0	105	80	15	10	0	0	0	10	0
Latvia	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova^{Footnote 10}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	200	0	190	70	60	40	0	10	0	15	15
Romania	50	0	55	20	10	10	10	10	0	0	0
Russian Federation	90	0	65	10	0	25	15	10	15	10	30
Slovakia	15	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	60	0	30	0	0	10	15	15	0	0	30
Northern Europe	2,865	70	2,730	2,005	215	140	240	50	190	125	65
Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	90	0	85	80	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	75	10	70	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guernsey	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Iceland	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland^{Footnote 11}	45	0	40	25	0	0	0	0	0	20	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	45	0	40	30	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	50	0	50	35	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom^{Footnote 12}	2,535	55	2,425	1,755	210	130	235	50	185	100	55
Southern Europe	1,240	10	1,145	960	45	95	15	10	0	35	85
Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	30	0	30	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia	125	0	125	105	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	30	0	30	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holy See (Vatican City State)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	700	0	690	660	10	20	10	0	0	0	0
Kosovo^{Footnote 13}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia, Republic of^{Footnote 14}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malta	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	140	0	145	115	0	25	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia^{Footnote 15}	35	0	35	10	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	30	0	30	30	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Spain	130	0	45	25	0	0	0	0	0	25	75
Africa	550	30	325	50	40	40	130	55	80	55	195
Western Africa	155	0	25	0	0	10	15	0	15	0	130
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	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	0
Ghana	15	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	10
Guinea	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	125
Saint Helena^{Footnote 16}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Africa	155	0	100	25	25	0	30	0	25	15	55
Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	10	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenya	40	0	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	15
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius	15	0	10	0	0	0	10	10	0	0	10
Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanzania^{Footnote 17}	10	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zambia	15	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Zimbabwe	50	0	25	0	10	0	15	0	10	0	20
Northern Africa	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Egypt	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morocco	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sudan^{Footnote 18}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia	10	0	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Africa	15	0	15	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	0
Angola	10	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	200	30	160	25	15	20	85	50	35	20	0
Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa, Republic of	200	30	160	25	15	20	85	50	35	20	10
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asia	4,085	110	3,070	625	380	495	820	320	500	760	900
West Central Asia and the Middle East	255	10	130	20	25	20	40	15	30	30	120
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iran^{Footnote 19}	60	0	55	0	25	0	10	10	0	25	0
Iraq	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Israel	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	0	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	140	10	25	0	0	0	25	0	25	0	105
Syria^{Footnote 20}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	15	0	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Bank and Gaza Strip (Palestine)^{Footnote 21}	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Asia	1,325	60	870	135	75	150	270	95	175	240	395
China^{Footnote 22}	655	10	355	45	35	30	130	40	85	120	290
Hong Kong^{Footnote 23}	100	10	85	45	25	15	0	0	0	0	10
Japan	225	15	170	35	0	40	55	25	30	45	40
Korea, North^{Footnote 24}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea, South^{Footnote 25}	235	25	175	15	10	30	50	10	35	75	40
Macao^{Footnote 26}	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	105	10	80	0	0	35	35	15	20	0	15
Southeast Asia	975	35	845	110	140	115	195	50	145	280	95
Brunei Darussalam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burma (Myanmar)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	20	0	20	0	0	10	0	0	10	0	0
Indonesia	20	0	10	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Laos^{Footnote 27}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	45	0	45	15	10	10	10	15	0	0	0
Philippines	690	0	610	60	70	85	130	20	110	260	65
Singapore	35	0	25	10	0	0	15	0	10	0	0
Thailand	60	25	30	0	0	0	10	0	10	0	10
Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viet Nam	110	0	95	20	35	20	15	0	10	10	15
Southern Asia	1,535	10	1,230	360	140	205	315	170	145	205	295
Bangladesh	35	0	25	0	0	10	10	10	0	15	15
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	1,355	10	1,090	355	135	185	250	135	110	165	265
Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal	20	0	20	0	0	0	20	0	15	0	0
Pakistan	110	10	80	0	0	15	45	25	15	25	20
Sri Lanka	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oceania	420	60	325	135	30	70	35	10	20	55	40
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	255	25	195	80	15	35	25	10	20	35	35
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	60	0	60	20	0	35	0	0	0	0	0
French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	0	10	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	95	30	70	35	10	0	0	10	0	20	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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