Al-Mawasi
Al-Mawasi | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | المواصي |
Al-Mawasi Location of Al-Mawasi within the Palestinian territories | |
Coordinates: 31°19′44″N 34°13′48″E / 31.32889°N 34.23000°ECoordinates: 31°19′44″N 34°13′48″E / 31.32889°N 34.23000°E | |
Governorate | Rafah |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2006) | |
• Jurisdiction | 1,400 |
Al-Mawasi (Arabic: المواصي) is a Bedouin Palestinian town on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long, that prior to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005 existed as a Palestinian enclave within the Katif bloc of Israeli settlements. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in mid-year 2006.
External links
- UNICEF Brings Critical Supplies to the Isolated Children of Al-Mawasi
- Al-Mawasi, Gaza Strip: Impossible Life in an Isolated Enclave B'Tselem publication
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