Draw Palestine from Memory
Test your geography knowledge by drawing Palestine from memory on a blank canvas. Shape comparison scoring is coming soon — practice Palestine's outline in the meantime.
Related Countries in Middle East
Why Palestine Looks the Way It Does
Any map that shows the state of Palestine shows it twice: the West Bank, a crescent of hill country along the western side of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and the Gaza Strip, a narrow rectangle on the Mediterranean beside Egypt. Nothing joins them. Israeli territory lies between the two, on the order of a hundred kilometers of it, so the state exists on paper as two discontinuous pieces, and an accurate drawing has to reproduce that separation rather than smooth it away.
Both shapes are the residue of the 1949 armistice lines that ended the first Arab-Israeli war. The West Bank came under Jordanian rule and was annexed by Jordan in 1950; Gaza was administered by Egypt; in June 1967 Israel occupied both. The Oslo agreements of the 1990s divided the West Bank again into areas of Palestinian and Israeli security control, and the separation barrier built from 2002 onward follows the Green Line in places and departs from it in others, adding a further line to any detailed map. The outline on a page is therefore the simplest of several overlapping sets of boundaries.
Gaza holds roughly forty kilometers of Mediterranean shore and no other border than Israel and Egypt; the West Bank borders Israel along most of its arc and Jordan along the river. Draw the two pieces separately and never let them touch — the crescent hugging the river and the sliver against the sea — and the map's most consequential discontinuity is stated plainly.
Quick Facts: Palestine
- Capital
- Ramallah
- Continent
- Middle East
- Area
- 6,220 km²
What is "Drawing Palestine from Memory"?
Drawing Palestine from memory means sketching Palestine's border on a blank canvas without looking at a map. Focus on the country's distinctive features and overall shape — that's what pushes your accuracy score up.
Palestine sits in Middle East and is rated ★★★ out of 4 for drawing difficulty — a trickier outline with more detail to remember. It connects to 3 neighboring country pages on this site. Border comparison scoring for Palestine is coming soon — the shape tips below will get your mental map sharp before it lands.
Palestine consists of two disconnected territories: the West Bank, a roughly crescent-shaped area on the west bank of the Jordan River, and the Gaza Strip, a thin rectangle along the Mediterranean coast bordering Egypt.
How to Draw Palestine from Memory
Step 01
Draw the West Bank first, as a curved, irregular crescent running down the western side of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. It is wider in the north near Nablus and pinches to a narrow stem in the middle, so sketch a lumpy, tilted shape that thickens toward the north and thins toward the south, with its widest bulge around Nablus.
Step 02
Add the Gaza Strip as a separate, thin rectangle squeezed against the Mediterranean, running southwest toward Egypt. Its northern edge borders Israel and its southern tip reaches the Egyptian border, so keep it narrow and straight, a slim coastal band that is detached from the West Bank entirely and points toward the Sinai peninsula at its far southern end.
Step 03
Lock the layout with Israel, which surrounds both pieces on every land side: the West Bank sits east of Israel's central cities, and Gaza is the small strip along Israel's southern coast. Because the two territories never touch, keep them separate on the page, with Israeli land filling the gap between them on the map.
Palestine is two separate slivers: the West Bank curls like a crescent hugging the Jordan River, while Gaza is a thin coastal strip tucked against Egypt and the Mediterranean.
How Palestine Is Scored
When you hit Reveal & compare, your sketch is measured against Palestine's real border, point by point, in the same canvas space. Three numbers come back:
Matched — the share of the real border your drawing covered. 100% means you traced every part of the outline.
Extra — how much of your drawing fell outside the true border. This catches sketches that are too big, mispositioned, or drifting off.
Missed — the border you didn't reach, the flip side of Matched.
The three combine into a single 0–100 accuracy score. The rating names give you a target: 80+ is Cartographer, 60+ is Border patrol, 40+ is Getting there, and below 40 is Try again.
Automated scoring for Palestine is coming soon. When it ships, drawing large and centered will be the fastest way to raise your score, because a small sketch overlaps less of the true border.
FAQ
- Which countries are Palestine's neighbors?
- Palestine connects to 3 neighboring country pages on this site: Israel, Jordan, and Egypt. Once you've drawn Palestine, try a neighbor next — drawing two shapes side by side locks both into your mental map.
- How hard is it to draw Palestine from memory?
- Palestine is rated ★★★ out of 4 for drawing difficulty — a trickier outline with more detail to remember. Automated scoring is coming soon, so use the shape tips below to practice in the meantime.
- How is my Palestine drawing scored?
- Once Palestine's border data goes live, your sketch will be compared with the real border point by point. You'll get a 0–100 score built from Matched, Missed, and Extra, plus a clear overlay showing where you nailed it and where you drifted.
- Can I draw Palestine on mobile?
- Yes — Palestine works on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Draw with your finger on touchscreens; no app download is required and it runs directly in your browser.