Editing Israeli settlement (section)

== Geography and municipal status ==
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|Upper left: [[Modiin]] bloc||Upper middle: Mountain ridge settlements outside [[Israeli West Bank barrier|barrier]]||rowspan="2"|Right: [[Jordan Valley (Middle East)|Jordan Valley]]
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|L above center: [[Latrun]] salient||Center: [[Jerusalem]] envelope, [[Ma'ale Adumim]] at right
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|Lower L of center: [[Etzion bloc]]||Lower center: [[Judean Desert]]||Lower right: [[Dead Sea]]
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|Upper L: 3 are outside [[Israeli West Bank barrier|barrier]]||Top L of center: part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|Israel's unilateral disengagement]]||rowspan="3"|Whole right: [[Jordan Valley (Middle East)|Jordan Valley]]
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|L: W. [[Samaria]] bloc to [[Kedumim]]||Center: hills around [[Nablus]]/[[Shechem]]
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|Lower L: W. [[Samaria]] bloc to [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]]||Lower middle: E. [[Trans-Samaria Highway|Trans-Samaria Hwy]] outside [[Israeli West Bank barrier|barrier]]
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Some settlements are self-contained cities with a stable population in the tens of thousands, infrastructure, and all other features of permanence. Examples are [[Beitar Illit]] (a city of close to 45,000 residents), [[Ma'ale Adumim]], [[Modi'in Illit]], and [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]] (almost 20,000 residents). Some are towns with a [[Local council (Israel)|local council]] status with populations of 2,000–20,0000, such as [[Alfei Menashe]], [[Eli, Mateh Binyamin|Eli]], [[Elkana]], [[Efrat (Israeli settlement)|Efrat]] and [[Kiryat Arba]]. There are also clusters of villages governed by a local elected committee and [[Regional council (Israel)|regional councils]] that are responsible for municipal services. Examples are [[Kfar Adumim]], [[Neve Daniel]], [[Kfar Tapuach]] and [[Ateret]]. [[Kibbutz]]im and [[moshav]]im in the territories include [[Argaman]], [[Gilgal, Bik'at HaYarden|Gilgal]], [[Na'aran (Israeli settlement)|Na'aran]] and [[Yitav]]. Jewish neighborhoods have been built on the outskirts of Arab neighborhoods, for example in [[Hebron]]. In Jerusalem, there are urban neighborhoods where Jews and Arabs live together: the [[Muslim Quarter (Jerusalem)|Muslim Quarter]], [[Silwan]], [[Abu Tor]], [[Sheikh Jarrah]] and [[Shimon HaTzadik]].

Under the [[Oslo Accords]], the West Bank was divided into three separate parts designated as [[Administrative divisions of the Oslo Accords|Area A, Area B and Area C]]. Leaving aside the position of East Jerusalem, all of the settlements are in [[Area C (West Bank)|Area C]] which comprises about 60% of the West Bank.