Deir el-Balah
Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the administrative capital of the Deir al-Balah Governorate. It is located over 14 kilometers south of Gaza City.
- Type: Town with 49,800 residents
- Description: city in the State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Al-Darum”, “Belar”, “Daron”, “Darum”, “Dayr al Balah”, “Deir al-Balah”, “Deir Al-Balah”, “Dejr al-Balah”, “Der el Bela”, “Dier El Balah”, “דיר אל בלח”, “دير الخضر”, “دير داروم”, “دير مار جرجس”, “ディール・バラフ”, “デイル・アル・バラフ”, “デル・エル・バラ”, and “代爾巴拉”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kfar Darom and Saint Hilarion Monastery.
Kfar Darom
Ruins
Saint Hilarion Monastery
Archaeological site
Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nuseirat refugee camp and Az-Zawayda.
Nuseirat refugee camp
Town
Al Maghazi Refugee Camp
Suburb
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the… Al Maghazi Refugee Camp is situated 3½ km east of Deir el-Balah.
Deir el-Balah
- Categories: city, Municipality of Palestine type A, and locality
- Location: Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.4183° or 31° 25′ 6″ north
Longitude
34.3502° or 34° 21′ 1″ east
Population
49,800
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC992+83
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Deir el-Balah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير البلح”
- Aragonese: “Deir al-Balah”
- Asturian: “Deir al-Balah”
- Basque: “Deir al-Balah”
- Bengali: “দইরুল বলহ”
- Breton: “Deir el-Balah”
- Catalan: “Deir al-Balah”
- Cebuano: “Dayr al Balaḩ”
- Central Kurdish: “دێر بەلەح”
- Chinese: “代尔拜莱赫”
- Chinese: “代爾拜萊赫”
- Chinese: “達魯姆”
- Czech: “Dajr al-Balah”
- Danish: “Deir al-Balah”
- Dutch: “Dayr al-Balah”
- Dutch: “Deir al-Balah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير البلح”
- Esperanto: “Deir el-Balah”
- Finnish: “Deir al-Balah”
- French: “Deir el-Balah”
- German: “Dair al-Balah”
- German: “Deir al-Balah”
- Greek: “Ντέιρ αλ-Μπάλαχ”
- Hebrew: “דיר אל-בלאח”
- Hebrew: “דיר אל-בלח”
- Hindi: “दीर अल बाला”
- Hindi: “देर अल-बलह”
- Indonesian: “Deir al-Balah”
- Italian: “Dayr al-Balah”
- Japanese: “デイル・アル・バラ”
- Japanese: “デイル・アル＝バラフ”
- Korean: “데이르 알 발라흐”
- Korean: “데이르알발라”
- Latvian: “Deirelbeleha”
- Lithuanian: “Deir al Balachas”
- North Levantine Arabic: “دير البلح”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir al-Balah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deir al-Balah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deir el-Balah”
- Norwegian: “Deir al-Balah”
- Norwegian: “Deir el-Balah”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dætumpalmaburh”
- Persian: “دیر البلح”
- Persian: “دیرالبلح”
- Polish: “Dajr al-Balah”
- Portuguese: “Deir al-Balah”
- Russian: “Дейр аль-Балах”
- Russian: “Дейр-эль-Балах”
- Scots: “Deir al-Balah”
- Slovenian: “Deir Al Balah”
- Spanish: “Dair Al Balah”
- Spanish: “Deir al-Balah”
- Swedish: “Deir al-Balah”
- Turkish: “Deir al Balah”
- Turkish: “Deyr El Balah”
- Ukrainian: “Дейр аль-Балах”
- Urdu: “دیر البلح”
- Welsh: “Deir al-Balah”
- Zeeuws: “Dayr al-Balah”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp and Am Dhair.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: بلدية دير البلح and DeirBalah Mun.
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