Deir al-Balah

E73688

city municipality

Deir al-Balah is a Palestinian city in the central Gaza Strip, known for its historic date palm groves and role as an agricultural and administrative center.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Beit Lahia	0	1
Deir al-Balah Municipality	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
administrativeLevel	local government unit →
borderedBy	Israeli-controlled areas to the east → Khan Yunis area to the south → Mediterranean Sea to the west → Nuseirat to the north →
conflictContext	Arab–Israeli conflict → surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
continent	Asia →
coordinateLatitude	31.4167 →
coordinateLongitude	34.3500 →
country	State of Palestine →
dialect	Levantine Arabic → surface form: Palestinian Arabic
ethnicGroup	Palestinian → surface form: Palestinian Arabs
governedBy	Deir al-Balah self-linksurface differs → surface form: Deir al-Balah Municipality
governorate	Deir al-Balah Governorate →
governorateCapitalOf	Deir al-Balah Governorate →
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate →
hasEconomicActivity	fishing → small-scale trade →
hasFacility	UNRWA refugee camp →
hasInfrastructure	coastal road of Gaza Strip →
hasRefugeeCamp	Deir al-Balah Camp →
hasRole	administrative center → agricultural center →
hasTypeOfSettlement	urban area →
historicalRegion	Southern Palestine →
historicalUse	monastic site →
knownFor	agriculture → date palm groves →
languageMajority	Arabic →
locatedIn	Gaza Strip → central Gaza Strip →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Deir al-Balah Governorate →
locatedOn	Mediterranean Sea → coast of the Gaza Strip →
nameMeaning	Monastery of the Date Palm →
partOf	Palestinian territories → surface form: Palestine Palestinian territories →
populationMajority	Palestinian → surface form: Palestinians
primaryCrops	citrus fruits → dates → vegetables →
religionMajority	Sunni Islam →
timeZone	Eastern European Summer Time → Eastern European Time →
UTCOffset	+2 →
UTCOffsetDST	+3 →

Referenced by (3)

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

Gaza Strip → containsCity → Deir al-Balah →

this entity surface form: Beit Lahia

Deir al-Balah → governedBy → Deir al-Balah self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Deir al-Balah Municipality