Gaza City
Appearance
Gaza | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | غزة |
• Also spelled | Ghazzah (official) Gaza City (unofficial) |
Governorate | Gaza |
Founded | 15th Century BCE |
Government | |
• Type | City (from 1994[1]) |
• Head of Municipality | Rafiq Tawfiq al-Makki |
Area | |
• Jurisdiction | 45,000 dunams (45 km2 or 17 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Jurisdiction | 409,680 |
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Gaza (Arabic: غزة, romanized: Ghazza), also called Gaza City, is the largest city inside Gaza and in Palestine. The city has a population of about 400,000. It is often named "Gaza City" to distinguish it from the larger Gaza.
The municipality of Gaza was established in 1893.[source?]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Palestine Facts Timeline". Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA). Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "Gaza City". Gaza Municipality. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Gaza City at Wikimedia Commons