Gaza Ceety: Ceety in the Gaza Strip, State o Palestine
Gaza (Arabic: غزة Ġazzah, ; Hebrew: עזה Azza, ; forby referrt to as Gaza Ceety, Arabic: مدينة غزة) is a Palestinian ceety in the Gaza Strip, wi a population o aboot 410,000, makin it the lairgest ceety in the State o Palestine.
Gaza | |
|---|---|
| Ither transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | غزة |
| • An aa spelled | Ghazzah (official) Gaza Ceety (unofficial) |
 Skyline o Gaza, 2007 | |
  Gaza Location o Gaza within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°31′N 34°27′E / 31.517°N 34.450°E 34°27′E / 31.517°N 34.450°E | |
| Govrenorate | Gaza |
| Foondit | 15t century BCE |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Ceety (from 1994) |
| • Heid o Municipality | Nizar Hijazi |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 45 km2 (17 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 515,556 |
| Website | www.gaza-city.org |
The primary economic activities o Gaza is sma-scale industries, agriculture an labor. Housomever, the economy haes been devastatit bi the blockade an recurrin conflicts. Maist o Gaza's indwallers adhere tae Islam, thouch there exists a Christian minority. Gaza haes a vera young population wi thareby 75% bein unner the age o 25, an thir days the ceety haes ane o the heichest population densities in the warld—refugees make up ower hauf o the residents.
Etymology
Accordin tae Zev Vilnay, the name "Gaza," frae the Arabic "Ġazza", oreeginally derives frae the Canaanite/Ebreu ruit for "strang" (ʕZZ), an wis introduced tae Arabic bi way o the Ebreu, "ʕazzā", i.e. "the strang ane (f.)"; cpr. English stronghold. Accordin tae Mariam Shahin, the Canaanites gied Gaza its name, the Auncient Egyptians cawed it "Ghazzat" ("prized ceety"), an the Arabs aften refer tae it as "Ghazzat Hashim", in honor o Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, the great-grandfaither o Muhammad, wha is buried in the ceety, accordin tae Islamic lore.
Internaitional relations
Twin touns an sister ceeties
Gaza is twinned wi:
Freemit airtins
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