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'''Palestina Parish''', officially the '''Parish of Palestina''' ({{lang-cd|Paróquia da Palestina}}), is a [[Administrative divisions of Cartadania#County|parish]] in the [[Porta Bianca|Commonwealth of Porta Bianca]]. Located at the southern tip of the main island, Palestina Parish is known most notably for it's very large tourism industry, larger than even that of [[Amar]], the state capital. It sees around 30 million visitors a year, which generates a large portion of the parish's revenue. Consequently, despite living in the 3rd-most densely populated parish in the commonwealth, residents of Palestina Parish have the lowest cost of living of the 32 parishes on the main island. It's parish seat, [[Kairi]], is the state's second-largest city, with just under a million residents in its city limits.

Prior to Cartadania's arrival to the archipelago, Porta Bianca was inhabited by Taínean people groups, together known as Adosiel. The ancient history of the archipelago and its people is not very well known, a peculiarity amongst Cartadania's territories. Unlike other indigenous cultures of the occident which may have left behind archaeological and physical evidence of their societies, very few artifacts and little evidence remains of the indigenous population. Scarce archaeological findings and early Cartadanian accounts from the colonial era constitute much of what is known about them. Early Cartadanians (mostly from Veneza) did co-exist and even intermix with the indigenous, preserving their culture for many generations, but this exists solely in biological heritage. The society of these indigenous peoples is believed to have collapsed around 1731, about 120 years after Cartadanian arrival, which further confounds the lack of information on the indigenous. They spread across the entirety of the archipelago from the northerly Vadiz Parish down to the southern tip of the main island.

Palestina Parish's stronger economic sectors include construction, retail, leisure, and hospitality. Yvie moved its headquarters from Veneza to Kiowa in 2020, the first major corporation to relocate to Palestina Parish. The largest employers in the parish as of 2026 are: