Madinat al-Awda (Arabic: مَدينَة العودة) is a Palestinian village in the Gaza Governorate located in the northwestern suburbs of Gaza City along the Mediterranean coast and between al-Shati Camp and al-Atatra. Its population in the 1997 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census was 420,[2] rising to 590 in 2006.[3] It is administered by a local development committee under the Palestinian National Authority.[2]
Madinat al-Awda | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مَدينَة العودة |
| • Latin | Medinat el-Auda (official) |
  Madinat al-Awda Location of Madinat al-Awda within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°31′50″N 34°26′49″E / 31.53056°N 34.44694°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Gaza |
| Control | Israel Defense Forces[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 590 |
References
edit- ^ Haddad, Mohammed (2023-10-23). "Mapping Gaza's neighbourhoods flattened by non-stop Israeli bombings". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ a b Madinat al-Awda Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC).
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
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