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.
- Town with about 49,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (60 feet)
- Description: city in the State of Palestine
- Also known as“Belar”“Dair Al Balah”“Dayr al-Balah”“Deir al-Balah”“Der el Bela”“Dier El Balah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kfar Darom and Saint Hilarion Monastery.
Kfar Darom
Kfar Darom was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip.
Saint Hilarion Monastery
Saint Hilarion Monastery was an ancient Christian monastery in Palestine. Saint Hilarion Monastery is situated 3½ km northeast of Deir el-Balah.
Deir El Belah War Cemetery
The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nuseirat refugee camp and Az-Zawayda.
Nuseirat refugee camp
Nuseirat Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp located… Nuseirat refugee camp is situated 5 km northeast of Deir el-Balah.
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
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Latitude
31.4183° or 31° 25′ 6″ north
Longitude
34.3502° or 34° 21′ 1″ east
Open location code
8G3PC992+83
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Deir el-Balah” goes by many names.
دير البلحArabic
دير الخضرArabic
دير دارومArabic
دير مار جرجسArabic
Deir al-BalahAragonese
Deir al-BalahAsturian
Deir al-BalahBasque
Deir el-BalahBasque
দইরুল বলহBengali
Deir el-BalahBreton
Al-DarumCatalan
DaronCatalan
DarumCatalan
Deir al-BalahCatalan
Dayr al BalaḩCebuano
دێر بەلەحCentral Kurdish
代尔拜莱赫Chinese
代爾巴拉Chinese
代爾拜萊赫Chinese
達魯姆Chinese
Dajr al-BalahCzech
Dair Al BalahDanish
Dayr al-BalahDanish
Deir al-BalahDanish
Dayr al BalahDutch
Deir al-BalahDutch
دير البلحEgyptian Arabic
Deir el-BalahEsperanto
Deir al-BalahFinnish
Ντέιρ αλ-ΜπάλαχGreek
דיר אל בלחHebrew
דיר אל-בלאחHebrew
दीर अल बालाHindi
देर अल-बलहHindi
Deir al-BalahIndonesian
Dayr al-BalahItalian
Deir al-BalahItalian
ディール・バラフJapanese
デイル・アル・バラJapanese
デイル・アル・バラフJapanese
デル・エル・バラJapanese
데이르 알 발라흐Korean
데이르알발라Korean
DeirelbelehaLatvian
Deir al BalachasLithuanian
دير البلحNorth Levantine Arabic
Deir al-BalahNorwegian
Deir el-BalahNorwegian
Dayr al BalahNorwegian Bokmål
Deir al-BalahNorwegian Bokmål
Deir al-BalahNorwegian Nynorsk
Deir el-BalahNorwegian Nynorsk
DætumpalmaburhOld English (ca. 450-1100)
دیر البلحPersian
Dajr al-BalahPolish
Dejr al-BalahPolish
Дейр аль-БалахRussian
Дейр-эль-БалахRussian
Deir al-BalahScots
Deir el-BalahScots
Dair Al BalahSlovenian
Deir Al BalahSlovenian
Deir al-BalahSwedish
Deir al BalahTurkish
Deyr El BalahTurkish
Дейр аль-БалахUkrainian
دیر البلحUrdu
Dayr al-BalahWelsh
Deir al-BalahWelsh
Deir el-BalahWelsh
Dayr al-BalahZeeuws
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Localities in the Area
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