Madinat al-Awda

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Madinat al-Awda
Arabic transcription(s)
   Arabic مَدينَة العودة
   Latin Medinat el-Auda (official)
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Madinat al-Awda
Location of Madinat al-Awda within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°31′50″N34°26′49″E / 31.53056°N 34.44694°E / 31.53056; 34.44694
State State of Palestine
Governorate Gaza
Control Israel Defense Forces [1]
Government
  Type Local Development Committee
Population
 (2006)
  Total590

Madinat al-Awda (Arabic : مَدينَة العودة) is a Palestinian village in the Gaza Governorate located in the northwestern suburbs of Gaza City along the Mediterranean coast and between al-Shati Camp and al-Atatra. Its population in the 1997 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census was 420, [2] rising to 590 in 2006. [3] It is administered by a local development committee under the Palestinian National Authority. [2]

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References

  1. Haddad, Mohammed (2023-10-23). "Mapping Gaza's neighbourhoods flattened by non-stop Israeli bombings". Al Jazeera . Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  2. 1 2 Madinat al-Awda Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC).
  3. Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).