Al-Zahra
Al-Zahra | |
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Municipality type C | |
Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | الزهراء |
• Latin | Madinat Az-Zahra' (official) Ezahra (unofficial) |
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Al-Zahra Location of Al-Zahra within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°28′17.69″N 34°24′4.62″E / 31.4715806°N 34.4012833°ECoordinates: 31°28′17.69″N 34°24′4.62″E / 31.4715806°N 34.4012833°E | |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Gaza |
Founded | 1998 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Head of Municipality | Tareq Hijo |
Area | |
• Total | 4,634 dunams (4.6 km2 or 1.8 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,085 |
• Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Al-Zahra (Arabic: الزهراء) is a Palestinian municipality in the Gaza Governorate, south of Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip. It's the home of the University of Palestine, and . In 2009, it had a population of 3,085. There were 837 housing units and 237 other buildings in the town.[1]
References[]
- ^ 2009 Census Archived November 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p.61.
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- Gaza Governorate
- Villages in the Gaza Strip
- Municipalities of the State of Palestine
- Palestine geography stubs