Gaza Ceety
Gaza | |
|---|---|
| Ither transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | غزة |
| • An aa spelled | Ghazzah (official) Gaza Ceety (unofficial) |
 Skyline o Gaza, 2007 | |
  Gaza Location o Gaza within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°31′N 34°27′E / 31.517°N 34.450°ECoordinates: 31°31′N 34°27′E / 31.517°N 34.450°E | |
| Govrenorate | Gaza |
| Foondit | 15t century BCE |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Ceety (from 1994[1]) |
| • Heid o Municipality | Nizar Hijazi |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[3] | |
| • Jurisdiction | 515,556 |
| Website | www.gaza-city.org |
Gaza (Arabic: غزة Ġazzah, [ˈɣazza]; Hebrew: עזה Azza, [ˈʕaza]; forby referrt to as Gaza Ceety, Arabic: مدينة غزة) is a Palestinian ceety in the Gaza Strip, wi a population o aboot 410,000, makin it the lairgest ceety in the State o Palestine.
The primary economic activities o Gaza is sma-scale industries, agriculture an labor. Housomever, the economy haes been devastatit bi the blockade an recurrin conflicts. Maist o Gaza's indwallers adhere tae Islam, thouch there exists a Christian minority. Gaza haes a vera young population wi thareby 75% bein unner the age o 25, an thir days the ceety haes ane o the heichest population densities in the warld—refugees make up ower hauf o the residents.
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]Accordin tae Zev Vilnay, the name "Gaza," frae the Arabic "Ġazza", oreeginally derives frae the Canaanite/Ebreu ruit for "strang" (ʕZZ), an wis introduced tae Arabic bi way o the Ebreu, "ʕazzā", i.e. "the strang ane (f.)"; cpr. English stronghold. Accordin tae Mariam Shahin, the Canaanites gied Gaza its name, the Auncient Egyptians cawed it "Ghazzat" ("prized ceety"), an the Arabs aften refer tae it as "Ghazzat Hashim", in honor o Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, the great-grandfaither o Muhammad, wha is buried in the ceety, accordin tae Islamic lore.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns an sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Gaza is twinned wi:
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Gaza City. |
- ↑ Palestine Facts Timeline Archived August 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs (PASSIA).
- ↑ "Gaza City". Gaza Municipality. Archived frae the original on 20 Juin 2008. Retrieved 16 Februar 2009. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ "Localities in Gaza Governorate by Type of Locality and Population Estimates, 2007–2016". Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Archived frae the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2013.