Umm al-Kilab
Umm al-Kilab is a Palestinian village in the southern Gaza Strip, part of the Khan Yunis Governorate. It is located south of Khan Yunis and east of Rafah, on the border with the Rafah Governorate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: city in Gaza Strip
- Also known as: “Um Al Kilab”, “Umm al Kilab”, “Umm al Kilāb”, and “Umm el-Kilab”
Places of Interest
Highlights include European Gaza Hospital and Morag.
European Gaza Hospital
Hospital
The European Hospital is a public hospital in Al-Fukhari near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine. It was founded by the UNRWA with a grant from the European Union in 1989. European Gaza Hospital is situated 3 km northeast of Umm al-Kilab.
Morag
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morag was an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the Gush Katif settlement bloc. in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip. It was evacuated as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2005.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Bayuk and Shokat as-Sufi.
Al-Bayuk
Village
Al-Bayuk is a Palestinian village in the eastern Rafah Governorate located in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 5,648 in 2006.
Shokat as-Sufi
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 it.
Shokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern Gaza Strip, south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport. Shokat as-Sufi is situated 3½ km south of Umm al-Kilab.
Rafah Refugee Camp
Suburb
Photo: DYKT Mohigan, CC BY 2.0.
Rafah Camp is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the Rafah Governorate along the Gaza–Egypt border. It was established in 1949 and currently forms part of the city of Rafah. Rafah Refugee Camp is situated 4 km west of Umm al-Kilab.
Umm al-Kilab
- Category: locality
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.28908° or 31° 17′ 21″ northLongitude
34.29338° or 34° 17′ 36″ eastElevation
59 metres (194 feet)Open location code
8G3P77QV+J9OpenStreetMap ID
node 11910651573OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Umm al-Kilab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أم الكلاب”
- Arabic: “أُم الكِلاب”
- Arabic: “ام الكلاب”
- Catalan: “Umm al-Kilab”
- Dutch: “Umm al-Kilab”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ام الكلاب”
- French: “Umm al-Kilab”
- French: “Umm el-Kelab”
- Hebrew: “אום אל-כלאב”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Umm al-Kilab”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umm al-Kilab”
- Norwegian: “Umm al-Kilab”
- Persian: “ام الکلاب”
- Urdu: “ام الکلاب”
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