Al-Mughraqa (Arabic: المغراقة, also known as Abu Middein) is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip, located six kilometers southwest of Gaza City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Mughraqa had a population of 11,458 in 2017.[2] The town's alternate name, "Abu Middein" derives from the Bedouin Abu Middein tribe that inhabits the area, part of the larger al-Hanajreh tribal confederation.[3]
al-Mughraqa | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | المغراقة |
| • Latin | Abu Middein (official) |
  al-Mughraqa Location of al-Mughraqa within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°28′03.00″N 34°24′35.00″E / 31.4675000°N 34.4097222°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Gaza |
| Control | Israel defence forces[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Yousef Abu Hweishel |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,260 dunams (3.3 km2 or 1.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 11,458 |
| • Density | 3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi) |
In 1996, a Bronze Age settlement dating to the early 2nd millennium BC was discovered in the town and named al-Moghraqa.[4]
References
edit- ^ Hoog, Niels de; Voce, Antonio; Morresi, Elena; Ganguly, Manisha; Kirk, Ashley (2024-01-30). "How war destroyed Gaza's neighbourhoods – visual investigation". The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Roy, Sara. The Gaza Strip: the political economy of de development. Institute for Palestine Studies, 1995. p.19. ISBN 0887282601
- ^ Steel, Louise; Clarke, Joanne; Sadeq, Moain; Manley, Bill; McCarthy, Andrew; Munro, R. Neil (2004), "Gaza Research Project. Report on the 1999 and 2000 seasons at al-Moghraqa", Levant, 36: 37–88, doi:10.1179/lev.2004.36.1.37
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