Not to be confused with the Spanish name Garza or the Egyptian town of Giza.. Gaza (Arabic: غزة transliteration: Ġazzah; Hebrew: עזה Azzah) is the largest city within the Gaza Strip, part of the Palestinian territories. The city, which has a population of approximately 400,000, was inhabited since 3000BC and is frequently termed "Gaza City" in order to distinguish it from the larger Gaza Strip. Garza is a Basque surname and the Spanish language equivalent of heron. ...
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History
Strategically located on the Mediterranean coastal route, ancient Gaza was a prosperous trade center and a stop on the caravan route between Egypt and Syria. The city was occupied by Egypt around the 15th century BCE. Philistines settled the area several hundred years later, and Gaza became one of their chief cities. Map showing the location of Philistine land and cities of Gaza, Ashdod, and Ashkelon Map of the southern Levant, c. ...
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In 145 BCE Gaza was conquered by Jonathan the Hasmonean (Brother of Judah the Maccabee). There was a prospering Jewish presence in Gaza until the Roman ruler Gavinius expelled them in 61 CE as part of the First Jewish-Roman War. In the times of the Mishnah and the Talmud there was a large Jewish community in Gaza, and on one of the pillars of the Great Mosque of Gaza there was a Greek inscription which read "Hananiah bar Yaakov" (a Hebrew name) with a menorah carved above it. This column was originally part of a Byzantine-era synagogue, destroyed at an unknown date and reused (recycled) as part of a grand Church of St. John Baptist, built by Crusaders. When the Crusaders were driven out, the church was commandeered for use as a mosque. At an undetermined date between between 1987 and 1993, during the intifada a very tall ladder or scaffolding were erected and the carving was chisled off.[2] The remains of the ancient Gaza synagogue, built around 500 CE, were found near the city wharf. Jonathan Maccabaeus was leader of the Hasmonean Dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BC. He is called also Apphus (Ἀπφοῦς [Syriac, (image) ] = the dissembler or the diplomat, in allusion to a trait prominent in him; 1 Maccabees ii. ...
The Hasmoneans (Hebrew: , Hashmonaiym, Audio) were the ruling dynasty of the Hasmonean Kingdom (140 BCE–37 BCE),[1] an autonomous Jewish state in ancient Israel. ...
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Gaza was occupied by Arabs in the 630s after a siege during which the Jewish population of the city defended it alongside the Byzantine garrison.[3] Believed to be the site where Muhammad's great grandfather was buried, the city became an important Islamic center. In the 12th century, Gaza was taken by Christian Crusaders; it returned to Muslim control in 1187. The city fell to the Ottomans in the 16th century and was taken by the British in the Third Battle of Gaza on 7 November 1917 during the First World War.[citation needed] The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ...
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Third Battle of Gaza Conflict First World War Date 31 October–7 November 1917 Place Gaza, southern Palestine Result Allied victory The Third Battle of Gaza was fought in 1917 in southern Palestine during World War I. The British forces under the command of General Edmund Allenby successfully broke...
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Following World War I, Gaza became part of the British mandate for Palestine. In 1929, following deadly Arab rioting, the last Jewish residents of Gaza City were forced to leave. After the Israeli War of Independence in 1948, Egypt occupied Gaza and its surrounding area. The city's growing population was augmented by an influx of Arab refugees fleeing Israel. The Egyptians never accepted the inhabitants as citizens of Egypt and prohibited them from leaving Gaza Strip. Israel captured the city and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Six Day War, and Gaza remained occupied by Israel for the next 27 years. With the onset of the Palestinian uprising known as the intifada in 1987, Gaza became a center of political unrest and confrontation between Israelis and Palestinians, and economic conditions in the city worsened.[citation needed] “The Great War †redirects here. ...
Flag Palestine and Transjordan were incorporated (under different legal and administrative arrangements) into the British Mandate of Palestine, issued by the League of Nations to Great Britain on 29 September, 1923 Capital Not specified Organizational structure League of Nations Mandate High Commissioner - 1920 — 1925 Sir Herbert Louis Samuel - 1945 — 1948...
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In September 1993, leaders of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the Oslo Accords calling for Palestinian administration of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho, which was implemented in May 1994. The Israeli forces left Gaza, leaving a new Palestinian Authority to administer and police the city, along with the most of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Authority, led by Yasser Arafat, chose Gaza as its first provincial headquarters. In September 1995, Israel and the PLO signed a second peace agreement extending the Palestinian Authority to most West Bank towns. The agreement also established an elected 88-member Palestinian Council, which held its inaugural session in Gaza in March 1996.[citation needed] The process of gradual Palestinian control did not lead to anticipated Palestinian statehood or assuage Israeli security concerns. In the summer of 2006, in desire to reduce Israeli military commitments after the Second Intifada and under the sudden dovish leadership of Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon, Israel approved the hotly debated Disengagement Plan and unilaterally withdrew all Jewish communities from Gaza. Israel still maintains and insists on Israeli oversight of Gaza's borders and transport, even with international staffing, citing security concerns. Within the Gaza Strip, Hamas has acquired status as the most powerful political faction. The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) (Arabic: ; or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary organization regarded by the Arab League since October 1974 as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. ...
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The Taking of Jericho, by Jean Fouquet Near central Jericho, November 1996 Jericho (Arabic , Hebrew , ʼArīḥÄ; Standard YÉ™riḥo Tiberian YÉ™rîḫô / YÉ™rîḥô; meaning fragrant.[1] Greek ἹεÏιχώ) is a town in Palestine, located within the Jericho Governorate, near the Jordan River. ...
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The al-Aqsa Intifada is the wave of violence and political conflict that began in September 2000 between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis; it is also called the Second Intifada (see also First Intifada). ...
(Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik ×ָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ...
The Gaza Disengagement Plan describes the move to withdraw all Jewish Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip unilaterally as soon as possible, lead by Ariel Sharon. ...
The current mayor of Gaza is Majid Abu Ramadan.[1]
Jewish communities in Gaza The Jewish community in Gaza was destroyed during the Crusades, but returned and was rebuilt with the return of the Mamluk occupation. In February 1799, when the French forces led by Napoleon entered the city, it was struck by a terrible plague which caused the Jews to move to other areas in Palestine. By the year 1886, thirty Jewish families had returned to Gaza, but they were deported by the Ottomans during World War I. Jews returned to Gaza after the war ended but they were forced to leave once again after the 1929 Palestine riots and the subsequent massacre of Jews in Safed and Hebron by Arabs. Following these riots, in which over 130 Jews were killed, the British prohibited Jews from living in Gaza to quell tension. Jews didn't return to Gaza, though in 1946 they established kibbutz Kfar Darom nearby in the central Gaza Strip.[4] This article is about the medieval crusades. ...
A Mamluk cavalryman, drawn in 1810 A mamluk (Arabic: مملوك (singular), مماليك (plural), owned; also transliterated mameluk, mameluke, or mamluke) was a slave soldier who was converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages. ...
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Famous Gazan Jews have included the medieval liturgical poet Israel Najara, who is buried in Gaza's local cemetery, and the Sabbatean prophet Nathan of Gaza. Rabbi Abraham Azulai lived in Gaza in 1619, and it was there that he wrote the book for which he is remembered, his cabalistic work "Hesed le-Avraham".[5] Israel ben Moses Najara (1530? - 1599?) was a Jewish liturgical poet. ...
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Nathan of Gaza (1643–1680) - Nathan became famous as a prophet for the false messiah, Shabbetai Tzvi. ...
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This article has been tagged since April 2007. Gaza's population is composed almost entirely of Muslims, though it also has a small Christian community. A massive influx of Palestinian refugees swelled Gaza's population after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. By 1967, the population had grown to about six times its 1948 size. The city's population has continued to increase since that time, and poverty, unemployment, and poor living conditions are widespread. Gaza has serious deficiencies in housing, educational facilities, health facilities, infrastructure, and an inadequate sewage system, all of which have contributed to serious hygiene and public health problems. As in the rest of the Palestinian territories, the birth rate is extremely high. The vast majority of Palestinians in Gaza live in poverty (less than 2$ per day), and rely on United Nations food aid to survive. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (817x1280, 131 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Gaza ...
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In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a Palestinian refugee is a refugee from Palestine created by the Palestinian Exodus, which Palestinians call the Nakba (Arabic: ‎, meaning disaster or catastrophe). The United Nations definition of a Palestinian refugee is a person whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and...
Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Holy War Army, Arab Liberation Army Commanders Yaakov Dori, Yigael Yadin Glubb Pasha, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Hasan Salama, Fawzi Al-Qawuqji Strength Israel: 29,677 initially rising to 115,000 by March 1949 Egypt: 10,000 initially rising...
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This article has been tagged since April 2007. Gaza is the economic center for a region in which citrus fruits and other crops are grown. Many Gazans work in Israeli service and industry when the border is open. The city contains some small industry, including textiles and food processing. A variety of wares are sold in Gaza's street bazaars, including carpets, pottery, wicker furniture, and cotton clothing; commercial development in the city is minimal. Gaza serves as a transportation hub for the Gaza Strip, and contains a small port that serves a local fishing fleet. Overall economic development has been slow and hampered by frequent political unrest. Image File history File links GazaTextiles. ...
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This article has been tagged since April 2007. Places of interest to the visitor are the Great Omari Mosque, the Mosque of Al Sayed Hashem, the Mosque of Ibn Othman, the Mosque of Ibn Marwan, The Sheikh Abul Azm sanctuary, the Sheikh Ajlin sanctuary, Tell al Mintar, Napoleon's fort (Al Radwan Castle), and the Church of St. Porphyrius. The city also has many new resorts where tourists and local people can swim and relax by the beach or swimming pools. The Mosque of Al Ssayyed Hashem is one of the largest and most notable ancient mosques in Gaza, located in Al-Daraj Quarter. ...
- The Great Mosque (Al-Omari Mosque)
Located in downtown Gaza, Al-Omari Mosque with its splendid minaret, reputedly occupying the site of the first ancient temple of Marnas and then a Greek Orthodox Church. The mosque was also the site of a Norman church built by the Crusaders in the 12th century. - Napoleon's Fort (Qasr El-Basha)
Also located in downtown Gaza, this imposing stone building dates back to the Mamluk period. It is known as Qasr El-Basha because Napoleon spent a few nights here on his way through the town in 1799. This 4th century church is where St. Porphyrus died and was buried (420 CE) It is located in the Gaza's old city and still in use today by the Greek Orthodox Community. Located in Al-Daraj Quarter, the mosque is one of the largest and most beautiful ancient mosques in Gaza. The tomb of Hashem bin Abd-Manaf, Mohammad's grandfather who died in Gaza during a trading voyage, is believed to be under the dome of the mosque.
Transport Gaza shared Yasser Arafat International Airport with the rest of the Gaza Strip. It was opened in 1998, but is currently inoperational, its runways and support facilities having been largely destroyed by Israeli armed forces during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Following the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in autumn 2005, discussions took place between the Palestinian and Israeli sides on its reopening. So far, Israeli negotiators have not agreed to allow the airport be reopened. Yasser Arafat International Airport (Arabic: ‎; transliterated: Matar Yasir Arafat ad-Dowaly) (IATA: GZA, ICAO: LVGZ), formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, in Rafah close to the Egyptian border. ...
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Gaza International Airport, 40 km south of Gaza. Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, 75 km north of Gaza. Gaza International Airport is located in the Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border. ...
Ben Gurion International Airport or Ben Gurion Airport (Hebrew: ‎) (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), once widely known as Lod Airport, is located near Lod, 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv, and is the largest international airport in Israel. ...
Northern access: Erez Crossing point (border with Israel). Southern access: Rafah crossing point (border with Egypt).[6] The Erez Crossing (Hebrew: מעבר ×רז) is a pedestrian/cargo terminal on the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier. ...
The Rafah Border Crossing (Arabic: , Hebrew: ) is an international border that connects Rafah, Egypt and Rafah, Palestinian Authority. ...
Mayors of Gaza - Maged Awni Abu Ramadan (current)
- Sa’ed Kharma[citation needed]
- Aown S. Shawa (1994-2001)
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Saint Porphyry (347–420), bishop of Gaza 395 - 420, was canonized for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza. ...
Al-Azhar University - Gaza Logo Al-Azhar University - Gaza is a secular Palestinian university established in 1992 in Gaza City (Palestine) Bowen, Donna Lee and Early, Evelyn A. (2002). ...
First Battle of Gaza Conflict First World War Date 26 March 1917 Place Gaza, southern Palestine Result Turkish victory The First Battle of Gaza was a World War I battle on the southern border of Palestine. ...
Second Battle of Gaza Conflict First World War Date 19 April 1917 Place Gaza, southern Palestine Result Turkish victory The Second Battle of Gaza, fought in southern Palestine during World War I, was the second attempt mounted by the British to break the Turkish defences along the Gaza-Beersheba line. ...
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References - ^ a b "Sewage flood brings more misery to Gaza", The Australian, March 29, 2007.
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Beit Hanoun (בית חנון · بيت حانون) · Beit Lahia (בית להיה · بيت لاهية) · Deir el-Balah (דיר אלבלח · دير البلح) · Gaza City (עזה · غزة) · Jabalia (ג'בליה · جباليا) · Khan Yunis (ח'אן יוניס · خان يونس) · Rafah (רפיח · رفح) Beit Hanoun (Arabic: ‎) is a town of 35,000 which is administered by the Palestinian Authority like the rest of the Gaza Strip. ...
Beit Lahia (Arabic: ‎) is a Palestinian town of about 40,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip. ...
Deir Al-Balah, Deir El-Balah, Deir ElBalah, Deir AlBalah (دير البلØ) is located at the center of the Gaza Strip in Palestine and is well-known for its beaches and palm trees. ...
Jabalia (Arabic: جباليا) the largest Palestinian refugee camp in existence. ...
Khan Yunis (Arabic: ‎; literally Jonahs Inn) is a city and adjacent refugee camp in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. ...
Rafah (Arabic: رÙØ Hebrew: רפיח) is a town in the Gaza Strip, on the Egyptian border, and a nearby town on the Egyptian side of the border, on the Sinai Peninsula. ...
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Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Nội, Hán Tự: 河内) , estimated population 3,145,300(2005), is the capital of Vietnam. ...
Southwest Asia : Yerevan, Armenia · Baku, Azerbaijan · Manama, Bahrain · Nicosia, Cyprus · Tbilisi, Georgia · Tehran, Iran · Baghdad, Iraq · Jerusalem, Israel · Amman, Jordan · Kuwait City, Kuwait · Beirut, Lebanon · Muscat, Oman · Doha, Qatar · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Damascus, Syria · Ankara, Turkey · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · San‘a’, Yemen This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Location of Yerevan in Armenia Coordinates: Country Armenia Established 782 BC Government - Mayor Yervand Zakharyan Area - City 227 km² (87. ...
Municipality: Baku Area: 260 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: AZ10 Area code: +99412 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 40° 23 N Longitude: 49° 52 E Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ...
Bahrain from space, June 1996 Manama (Arabic: المنامة Al-ManÄmah) is the capital city of Bahrain and is the countrys largest city with a population of approximately 155,000, roughly a quarter of countrys entire population. ...
District Nicosia Government - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2001) - City 206,200 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: http://www. ...
Coordinates: Government - Governing Mayor Giorgi Gigi Ugulava Area - City 372 km² (143. ...
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Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ...
For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...
For other meanings, see Amman (disambiguation) and Ammann. ...
Kuwait City Kuwait City (also Al-Kuwait - الكويت), population 32,403 (2005 Census), is the capital of the emirate of Kuwait and part of the Al-Asimah governorate. ...
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Classification City Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said Area 3,500 km² [1] Population - Total (2005) - Density - Oman calculated rank 646,024 [2] 184. ...
Doha (Arabic: , transliteration: or ), population 400,051 (2005 census), is the capital of Qatar and is at , on the Persian Gulf. ...
Riyadh (Arabic: ‎ ar-RiyÄá¸) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ...
Damascus ( transliteration: , also commonly known as الشام ash-ShÄm) is the largest city of Syria and is also the capital. ...
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ...
Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ...
Building in San‘a’ Clay houses in San‘a’ The residence of Imam Yahya in the Wadi Dhar near San‘a’. Backstreet in Yemen (Arabic: ‎ , sometimes spelled Sanaa or Sanaa) is the capital of Yemen and the centre of San‘a’ Governorate. ...
Unrecognized countries : Sukhumi, Abkhazia · Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh · Ramallah and Gaza, Palestinian territories · Tskhinvali, South Ossetia · Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
Destroyed shop in Sukhumi Sukhumi (Georgian: , Sokhumi; Abkhaz: , Aqwa; Russian: , Sukhumi) is the capital of Abkhazia, a de facto independent republic, which is internationally recognized as being an autonomous republic within Georgia. ...
Capital Sokhumi Official languages Abkhaz, Georgian Government - Chairman, Cabinet of Ministers - Chairman, Supreme Council Temur Mzhavia Autonomous republic of Georgia - Georgian independence Declared Recognised 9 April 1991 25 December 1991 Currency Georgian lari (GEL) Anthem Aiaaira Capital Sukhumi Official languages Abkhaz, Russian1 Government - President Sergei Bagapsh - Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab...
Province: Stepanakert (City) Area: Altitude: 813 meter (2670 feet) Population: ~40,000 Population density: Latitude: 39° 48 55N Longitude: 46° 45 7E Mayor: Eduard Aghabekian Map of Azerbaijan showing town of Stepanakert within Nagorno-Karabakh. ...
Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally mountainous black garden or upper black garden; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. ...
Ramallah (Arabic: ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank of approximately 57,000 residents. ...
This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ...
Monument to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in Tskhinvali Tskhinvali (also spelled Cchinvali) (ge. ...
Anthem unknown Capital Tskhinvali Official languages Ossetian1 Government - President Eduard Kokoity - Prime Minister Yury Morozov De facto independence from Georgia - Declared November 28, 1991 - Recognition none Currency Russian ruble (RUB) Russian in widespread use by government and other institutions. ...
District Nicosia Government - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2001) - City 206,200 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: http://www. ...
Anthem İstiklâl Marşı(Turkish) Independence March Capital Nicosia Official languages Turkish Government Representative democratic republic1 - President Mehmet Ali Talat - Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer Sovereignty from Cyprus - Proclaimed November 15, 1983 - Recognition Only by Turkey Area - Total 3,355 km² (not ranked) 1,295 sq mi - Water (%) 2. ...
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