Az-Zawayda

Az-Zawayda
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	الزوايده
• Also spelled	Zawaida (official) al-Zawaydeh (unofficial)
Az-Zawayda Location of Az-Zawayda within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 31°25′42.38″N 34°21′57.42″E / 31.4284389°N 34.3659500°E / 31.4284389; 34.3659500Coordinates: 31°25′42.38″N 34°21′57.42″E / 31.4284389°N 34.3659500°E / 31.4284389; 34.3659500
Governorate	Deir al-Balah
Government
• Type	City
Area
• Jurisdiction	15,300 dunams (15.3 km² or 5.9 sq mi)
Population (2006^[1])
• Jurisdiction	15,483

Az-Zawayda (Arabic: الزوايده‎‎), also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in Deir al-Balah Governorate located about three kilometers northeast of the city of Deir al-Balah and just west of Maghazi refugee camp. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) 2006 estimate, there were 15,483 residents.^[1]

References

Cities administered by the State of Palestine

West Bank	Abu Dis Arraba Bani Na'im Beit Sahour Beit Jala Beit Ummar Beitunia Bethlehem al-Bireh ad-Dhahiriya Dura al-Eizariya Halhul Hebron Idhna Jenin Jericho Nablus Qabatiya Qalqilyah al-Ram Ramallah Rawabi (under construction) Sa'ir Salfit as-Samu Tarqumiya Tubas Tulkarm Ya'bad al-Yamun Yatta

Gaza Strip*	Abasan al-Kabira Bani Suheila Beit Hanoun Beit Lahia Deir al-Balah Gaza City Jabalia Khan Yunis Rafah az-Zawayda

^From June 2007, the Gaza Strip has been under de facto* Hamas governance.

Deir al-Balah Governorate

Cities	Deir al-Balah

Municipalities	az-Zawayda

Village councils	al-Musaddar Wadi as-Salqa

Refugee camps	Bureij Deir al-Balah camp Maghazi Nuseirat

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