Gaza City - Wikipedia
Gaza, [b] also called Gaza City, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. As of 2022, it was the largest city in the State of Palestine, with 590,481 inhabitants in 2017. The city is spread across an area of 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi). Gaza is one of the principal coastal cities in the country, home to Palestine's only port.
Gaza Strip - Wikipedia
Palestinians on the Gaza beach in 2006 Gaza City in 2018. The Gaza Strip is 41 km (25 mi) long, from 6 to 12 km (3.7 to 7.5 mi) wide, and has a total area of 365 km 2 (141 sq mi). [27] [8] It has a 51 km (32 mi) border with Israel, and an 11 km (7 mi) border with Egypt, near the city of Rafah.
Gaza Strip | Definition, History, Facts, & Map | Britannica
1 day ago · Gaza Strip, territory occupying 140 square miles (363 square km) along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. The Gaza Strip is unusual in being a densely settled area not recognized as a de jure part of any extant country.
Gaza | Map, History, & Facts | Britannica
4 days ago · Gaza, city and principal urban centre of the Gaza Strip, southwestern Palestine. Formerly the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that occupied the Gaza Strip, the city came under Palestinian control in 2005.
Before and after satellite photos of the Gaza Strip | AP News
Jan 16, 2025 · Gaza City, the dense major city in the strip, has been decimated, with buildings destroyed and roads filled with rubble. Muwasi, Gaza Strip, on May 17, 2023. Satellite image from Planet Labs PBC
Gaza Strip explained: Who controls it and what to know - NBC News
What is the Gaza Strip? The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Occupied in...
The Gaza Strip explained in maps - Al Jazeera
Aug 7, 2022 · Gaza City is the largest and most populous city within the Gaza Strip, with more than 700,000 residents. Rimal, Shujaiya and Tel al-Hawa are among its most well-known neighbourhoods. At...
What is the Gaza Strip? : NPR
Oct 10, 2023 · LONDON — Human rights groups call it "the world's largest open-air prison." The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people, has come under heavy bombardment from Israel in recent days, after Hamas...
Gaza explained: What to know about the enclave | CNN
Oct 15, 2023 · As Israel gears up a ground offensive into Gaza, here’s what you need to know about the 140 square-mile enclave – one of the most densely-populated territories on Earth.
Gaza Strip - The World Factbook
Dec 21, 2021 · Inhabited since at least the 15th century B.C., the Gaza Strip has been dominated by many different peoples and empires throughout its history; it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century.