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Gaza City (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 28 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Location of ancient Gaza is disputed; was Egyptian military center & city of Philistia; part of Palestine 1917-1948 under British Mandate; under Egypt 1949-1967 (Israeli occupation 1956-1957); occupied by Israel from 1967. |
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| Ghazzah (preferred,C,V)
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| Gaza (C,V)
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| 'Azza (C,V)
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| Ghazze (C,V)
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| Ghuzzeh (C,V)
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| Gaza City (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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possibly site of very ancient city of Gazza; modern city founded by Herod the Great in 1st cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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of the Gaza Strip |
| commercial center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
State of Palestine .......... (autonomous area) |
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(World, Asia) [7018359] |
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second de facto capital |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Tel el-Ajjul .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Gaza Strip) [7030360] |
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