Gaza City

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city human settlement

Gaza City is a densely populated urban center on the Mediterranean coast that serves as the political, economic, and cultural hub of the Gaza Strip.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Gaza City canonical	46
Gaza	17
Gaza City urban area	1
Gaza City, Gaza Strip	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ human settlement ⓘ
area	about 45 km² ⓘ
averageHighTemperatureSummer	around 30–32 °C ⓘ
averageHighTemperatureWinter	around 17–19 °C ⓘ
blockadeImpact	affected by Israeli–Egyptian blockade of Gaza Strip ⓘ
borderedBy	Jabalia to the north ⓘ Mediterranean Sea to the west ⓘ Nuseirat area to the south ⓘ
capitalOf	Gaza Strip ⓘ surface form: Gaza Governorate
climate	hot-summer Mediterranean climate ⓘ
conflictAffected	Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
continent	Asia ⓘ
coordinateLocation	31.5°N 34.47°E ⓘ
country	State of Palestine ⓘ
deFactoCapitalOf	Gaza Strip ⓘ
demonym	Gazans ⓘ
economyType	commerce ⓘ services ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ
elevation	approximately 30 m ⓘ
foundedIn	at least 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
governingBody	Hamas ⓘ surface form: Hamas-led administration in Gaza Strip
hasAirport	Yasser Arafat International Airport (defunct, south of city) ⓘ
hasFootballClub	Al-Hilal Gaza Club ⓘ Shabab Al-Amari Gaza-based teams ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Anthedon Harbour archaeological site ⓘ Great Omari Mosque ⓘ Pasha’s Palace (Qasr al-Basha) ⓘ
hasHospital	Al-Shifa Hospital ⓘ
hasPort	Gaza Seaport ⓘ
hasUniversity	Al-Azhar University ⓘ surface form: Al-Azhar University – Gaza Islamic University of Gaza ⓘ
historicalRegion	Canaan ⓘ Ottoman Syria ⓘ Philistines ⓘ surface form: Philistia
locatedIn	Gaza Strip ⓘ Palestinian territories ⓘ
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
majorReligion	Islam ⓘ
notableFor	high population density ⓘ role as political, economic, and cultural hub of Gaza Strip ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
oneOfOldestCities	true ⓘ
partOf	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
population	around 600000 ⓘ
populationAsOf	early 2020s ⓘ
primarySport	football ⓘ
servedAs	important trade center between Egypt and Levant ⓘ
subjectOf	frequent military operations and airstrikes ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ Eastern European Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST	+3 ⓘ
wasPartOf	All-Palestine Government ⓘ British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ surface form: British Mandate of Palestine Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip ⓘ surface form: Egyptian occupation of Gaza Strip Israeli-occupied territories ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palestinian → hasMajorCity → Gaza City ⓘ

Palestinian Legislative Council → secondaryMeetingPlace → Gaza City ⓘ

Yasser Arafat → residence → Gaza City ⓘ

Gaza Strip → hasLargestCity → Gaza City ⓘ

Gaza Strip → hasCapitalDeFacto → Gaza City ⓘ

Gaza Strip → containsCity → Gaza City ⓘ

United Nations Emergency Force → headquartersLocation → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) → narrativeLocation → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

PLC → meetsIn → Gaza City ⓘ

subject surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council

Palestinian territories → largestCity → Gaza City ⓘ

Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip → capital → Gaza City ⓘ

Palestine Railways → servedCity → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Egyptian military administration → capital → Gaza City ⓘ

Al Jazeera Media Network → hasBureau → Gaza City ⓘ

Jabalia refugee camp → locatedNear → Gaza City ⓘ

Beit Hanoun → hasRoadConnectionTo → Gaza City ⓘ

Palestine → hasMajorCity → Gaza City ⓘ

Hashim ibn Abd Manaf → deathPlace → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Samson → associatedWith → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Shabbetai Tzvi movement → associatedWithCity → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Philistines → associatedWithCity → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Samson Agonistes → setting → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Napoleon’s Syrian campaign → hasLocation → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima → majorCity → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Al-Shafi'i → birthPlace → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

historic Palestine → majorCity → Gaza City ⓘ

Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya → foundedInCity → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin → placeOfDeath → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza City, Gaza Strip

UNRWA → previousHeadquartersLocation → Gaza City ⓘ

Raji Sourani → placeOfBirth → Gaza City ⓘ

Raji Sourani → workLocation → Gaza City ⓘ

Raji Sourani → residence → Gaza City ⓘ

Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi → placeOfDeath → Gaza City ⓘ

Mohammed Deif → associatedWith → Gaza City ⓘ

Gazans → notableCity → Gaza City ⓘ

All-Palestine Government → capital → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza

All-Palestine Government → declaredIn → Gaza City ⓘ

Gaza Seaport → locatedIn → Gaza City ⓘ

Gaza Seaport → serves → Gaza City ⓘ

Gaza Seaport → locatedInCity → Gaza City ⓘ

Gaza Seaport → nearbySettlement → Gaza City ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gaza City urban area

Yasser Arafat International Airport (defunct, south of city) → locatedSouthOf → Gaza City ⓘ

subject surface form: Yasser Arafat International Airport

Yasser Arafat International Airport (defunct, south of city) → servedCity → Gaza City ⓘ

subject surface form: Yasser Arafat International Airport

Islamic University of Gaza → locatedIn → Gaza City ⓘ

Al-Shifa Hospital → locatedIn → Gaza City ⓘ

Al-Shifa Hospital → regionServed → Gaza City ⓘ

Al-Hilal Gaza Club → locatedIn → Gaza City ⓘ

Great Omari Mosque → locatedIn → Gaza City ⓘ

Anthedon Harbour archaeological site → locatedNear → Gaza City ⓘ

Anthedon Harbour archaeological site → nearbyCity → Gaza City ⓘ