Khan Yunis

Khan Yunis, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern , Palestine, and serves as the capital of the .
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  • Type: Locality with 173,000 residents
  • Description: City in Gaza Strip, State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Chan Junis”, “Hanūt Yōnā”, “Khan Younes”, “Khan Younis”, “Khan Yumus”, “Khān Yūnus”, “Yunas”, and “Yunus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neve Dekalim and Gadid.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement in the . Comprising a part of Gush Katif, it was founded in 1983, shortly after Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula to fulfill the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.

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was an Israeli settlement and Moshav located in the middle of the Gush Katif settlement bloc whose residents were expelled in Israel's disengagement of 2005.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement in the Gush bloc in the , about 1 km north of the Palestinian refugee camp of . is situated 4 km north of Khan Yunis.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khan Yunis Camp and Al-Qarara.

Suburb
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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called , is a Palestinian refugee camp in the just west of the city of Khan Yunis and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern .

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is a Palestinian town in the of the . It is located just north of Khan Yunis and approximately 24 kilometres south of . is situated 5 km northeast of Khan Yunis.

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is a fertile area for agriculture in the . It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. is situated 4½ km west of Khan Yunis.

Khan Yunis

Latitude
31.3402° or 31° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
34.3063° or 34° 18′ 23″ east
Population
173,000
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Open location code
8G3P88R4+3G
Geo­Names ID
281124
Wiki­data ID
Q309348
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Khan Yunis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي الأمل”
  • Arabic: “خان يونس”
  • Arabic: “خانيونس”
  • Arabic: “مخيم خانيونس”
  • Aragonese: “Khan Yunis”
  • Armenian: “Խան Յունիս”
  • Asturian: “Khan Yunis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xan-Yunis”
  • Basque: “Jan Yunis”
  • Basque: “Khan Yunis”
  • Belarusian: “Хан Юніс”
  • Belarusian: “Хан-Юніс”
  • Bengali: “খান ইউনুস”
  • Bulgarian: “Хан Юнис”
  • Catalan: “Khan Yunis”
  • Cebuano: “Khān Yūnis”
  • Central Kurdish: “خان یوونس”
  • Chinese: “汉尤尼斯”
  • Chinese: “汗尤尼斯”
  • Chinese: “罕尤尼斯”
  • Czech: “Chan Junis”
  • Czech: “Chán Júnis”
  • Danish: “Khan Younis”
  • Dutch: “Han Yunis”
  • Dutch: “Khan Younis”
  • Dutch: “Khan Yunis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خان يونس”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥan Junis”
  • Estonian: “Khan Younis”
  • Estonian: “Khan Yunis”
  • Estonian: “Khān Yūnis”
  • Finnish: “Khan Yunis”
  • French: “Khan Younes”
  • French: “Khan Younès”
  • French: “Khan Younis”
  • Galician: “Khan Yunis”
  • German: “Chan Junis”
  • German: “Chan Yunis”
  • German: “Chān Yūnis”
  • German: “Khan Younis”
  • German: “Khan Yunis”
  • German: “Khan Yunus”
  • Greek: “Χαν Γιουνίς”
  • Gujarati: “ખાન યુનિસ”
  • Hausa: “Khan Yunis”
  • Hebrew: “ח’אן יוניס”
  • Hebrew: “ח’אן יונס”
  • Hebrew: “חאן יוניס”
  • Hebrew: “חאן יונס”
  • Hebrew: “חאן-יונס”
  • Hebrew: “חן יונס”
  • Hindi: “ख़ान यूनुस”
  • Hungarian: “Hán Júnisz”
  • Indonesian: “Khan Yunis”
  • Irish: “Khan Yunis”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Khan Yunis”
  • Italian: “Khan Younis”
  • Italian: “Khan Yunis”
  • Japanese: “ハーン・ユーニス”
  • Japanese: “ハーンユーニス”
  • Kannada: “ಖಾನ್ ಯುನಿಸ್”
  • Korean: “칸유니스”
  • Latvian: “Hanjunisa”
  • Latvian: “Hānjūnisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Chan Junisas”
  • Malay: “Khan Yunis”
  • Marathi: “खान युनिस”
  • Mingrelian: “ხან-იუნისი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khan Younis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khan Yunis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khan Yunis”
  • Norwegian: “Khan Younis”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cāhnyūnis”
  • Persian: “خان یونس”
  • Persian: “خان‌یونس”
  • Polish: “Chan Junis”
  • Polish: “Chan Junus”
  • Portuguese: “Khan Younis”
  • Portuguese: “Khan Yunis”
  • Pushto: “خان يونس”
  • Romanian: “Khan Yunis”
  • Russian: “Хан-Юнис”
  • Scots: “Khan Yunis”
  • Serbian: “Kan Junis”
  • Serbian: “Кан Јунис”
  • Serbian: “Хан Јунис”
  • Serbian: “خان يونس”
  • Sinhala: “ඛාන් යුනිස්”
  • Slovenian: “Han Junis”
  • Slovenian: “Khan Yunis”
  • Spanish: “Jan Younis”
  • Spanish: “Jan Yunis”
  • Spanish: “Jan Yunís”
  • Spanish: “Khan Younis”
  • Spanish: “Khan Yunis”
  • Swedish: “Khan Younis”
  • Swedish: “Khan Yunis”
  • Tamil: “கான் யூனிசு”
  • Tamil: “கான் யூனிஸ்”
  • Telugu: “ఖాన్ యూనిస్”
  • Thai: “ข่าน ยูนิส”
  • Turkish: “Han Yunus”
  • Turkish: “Khan Yunis”
  • Ukrainian: “Хан-Юніс”
  • Urdu: “خان یونس”
  • Venetian: “Khan Yunis”
  • Vietnamese: “Khan Yunis”
  • Welsh: “Khan Yunis”
  • Western Panjabi: “خان یونس”
  • Yue Chinese: “汗尤尼斯”
  • Zeeuws: “Khan Yunis”

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