Gaza Strip

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The Gaza Strip is a densely populated Palestinian coastal enclave on the eastern Mediterranean, governed by Hamas and frequently at the center of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian territory
coastal enclave
territory
administeredBy Hamas
administeredPreviouslyBy Egyptian military administration
Israeli Military Governorate
area about 365 square kilometres
borderedBy Egypt
Israel
Mediterranean Sea
claimedBy Palestinian Authority
State of Palestine
containsCity Beit Hanoun
Deir al-Balah
surface form: Beit Lahia

Deir al-Balah
Gaza City
Khan Yunis refugee camp
surface form: Khan Yunis

Rafah
containsRefugeeCamp Jabalia refugee camp
Khan Yunis refugee camp
Rafah refugee camp
controlledBy Egypt
surface form: Egypt (1948–1967)
currency Egyptian pound
Israeli new shekel
Jordanian dinar
governanceChange Hamas takeover in 2007
hasBorderCrossing Erez Crossing
Kerem Shalom Crossing
Rafah Crossing
hasCapitalDeFacto Gaza City
hasCoastline Mediterranean Sea
hasDeFactoGovernment Hamas
hasLargestCity Gaza City
historicalEvent Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005
languageMajority Arabic
length about 41 kilometres
locatedIn Middle East
locatedOn eastern Mediterranean coast
observesDaylightSavingTime UTC+03:00
occupiedBy Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005
surface form: Israel (1967–2005)
partOf State of Palestine
partOfConflict Arab–Israeli conflict
Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
populationCharacteristic densely populated
populationGroup Palestinian refugees
populationMajority Palestinian
surface form: Palestinians
religionMajority Sunni Islam
subjectTo Israeli blockade
timeZone UTC+02:00
UNRegion Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
width between 6 and 12 kilometres

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