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Common Name Arabic Name Governorate Jurisdiction Population (2007) Population (2017) Bani Suheila: بني سهيلا Khan Yunis: Area A 31,118 41,439 Beit Hanoun: بيت حانون North Gaza: Area A 37,351 52,237 Beit Lahiya: بيت لاهيا North Gaza: Area A 63,213 89,838 Deir al-Balah: دير البلح Deir al-Balah: Area A 53,148 75,132 ...
The largest city in the Gaza Strip and all of Palestine was Gaza City prior to the Israel-Hamas War, and the largest cities in the West Bank are East Jerusalem and Hebron.Some cities form agglomerations with other towns or cities, such as the Bethlehem metropolitan area with Beit Jala and Beit Sahour.
Gaza, [b] also called Gaza City, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.As of 2022, it was the largest city in the State of Palestine, with 590,481 inhabitants in 2017. The city is spread across an area of 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi).
The Gaza Strip (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː z ə / ⓘ; [10] Arabic: قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣaz.za]), also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine.
Beit Lahia or Beit Lahiya (Arabic: بيت لاهيا) is a city in the Gaza Strip, north of Jabalia, in the North Gaza Governorate of the State of Palestine. It sits next to Beit Hanoun and close to the border with Israel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 89,838 in 2017. [1]
List of cities in the Gaza Strip List of Israeli settlements with city status in the West Bank Smaller settlements in the State of Palestine are governed as a municipality or as a village council .
Khan Yunis is the second largest urban area in the Gaza Strip after Gaza City. It serves as the principal market center of the territory's southern half and hosts a weekly Bedouin souk ("open-air market") mostly involving local commodities. [ 46 ]
Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun (Arabic: بيت حانون) is a Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip.According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 52,237 in 2017. [1]