Shaykh Sulaymān
Shaykh Sulaymān is a tomb in Gaza Strip, Palestine. Shaykh Sulaymān is situated nearby to the locality Canada Camp, as well as near the village Al-Mawasi.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rafah and Bnei Atzmon.
Rafah
Ruins
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Rafah is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine. It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt. Rafah is situated 1¼ km southwest of Shaykh Sulaymān.
Bnei Atzmon
Ruins
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Bnei Atzmon was an Israeli settlement previously in the Sinai Peninsula, later moved to the Gaza Strip before being destroyed in 2005. Bnei Atzmon is situated 3 km north of Shaykh Sulaymān.
Bedolah
Ruins
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Bedolah was an Israeli settlement and army base in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the southwest edge of the Gaza Strip. Home to 220 religious Jews, its inhabitants were evicted, its houses demolished, and its land surrendered to the Palestinian National Authority as part of Israel's disengagement of 2005. Bedolah is situated 4 km north of Shaykh Sulaymān.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canada Camp and Al-Mawasi.
Canada Camp
Locality
Canada Camp was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Sinai near Rafah, formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location.
Al-Mawasi
Village
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Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. Al-Mawasi is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. Al-Mawasi is situated 7 km north of Shaykh Sulaymān.
Khan Yunis Camp
Suburb
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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called Khan Yunis Camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Khan Yunis Governorate just west of the city of Khan Yunis and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern Gaza Strip. Khan Yunis Camp is situated 7 km northeast of Shaykh Sulaymān.
Shaykh Sulaymān
- Type: Tomb
- Also known as: “Shaykh Sulayman” and “Sheikh Suleiman”
- Category: burial
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.29694° or 31° 17′ 49″ northLongitude
34.24194° or 34° 14′ 31″ eastElevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
8G3P76WR+QQGeoNames ID
281076
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