Al-Mawasi

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Al-Mawasi
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالمواصي
Al-Mawasi is located in State of Palestine
Al-Mawasi
Al-Mawasi
Location of Al-Mawasi within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°19′44″N 34°13′48″E / 31.32889°N 34.23000°E / 31.32889; 34.23000Coordinates: 31°19′44″N 34°13′48″E / 31.32889°N 34.23000°E / 31.32889; 34.23000
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateRafah
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,400

Al-Mawasi (Arabic: المواصي) is a Palestinian Bedouin town on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long, that prior to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005 existed as a Palestinian enclave within the Katif bloc of Israeli settlements. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in mid-year 2006.

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