Bani Suheila
Bani Suheila is a municipality in the Gaza Strip, in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the State of Palestine. The town is located 2 km east of the city of Khan Younis. As of 2017, Bani Suheila had a population of 41,439 people.- Type: Locality with 31,300 residents
- Description: city in the Palestinian National Authority
- Also known as: “Banī Suhayl”, “Bani Suhayla”, “Banī Suhaylah”, “بنى سهيلا”, “بنى سيلا”, and “بني سهيلى”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Katif.
Katif
Ruins
Katif was an Israeli settlement in the Gush Katif bloc… Katif is situated 4 km north of Bani Suheila.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khan Yunis Camp and Al-Qarara.
Khan Yunis Camp
Suburb
The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called Khan Yunis… Khan Yunis Camp is situated 3½ km west of Bani Suheila.
Al-Qarara
Town
Al-Qarara is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the Gaza Strip. Al-Qarara is situated 4 km north of Bani Suheila.
Al-Mawasi
Village
Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. Al-Mawasi is situated 6 km west of Bani Suheila.
Bani Suheila
- Categories: city, human settlement, and Municipality of Palestine type A
- Location: Khan Yunis Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.34337° or 31° 20′ 36″ north
Longitude
34.32337° or 34° 19′ 24″ east
Population
31,300
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
8G3P88VF+88
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Bani Suheila” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بني سهيلا”
- Asturian: “Bani Suheila”
- Basque: “Bani Suheila”
- Catalan: “Bani Suheila”
- Cebuano: “Banī Suhaylā”
- Central Kurdish: “بەنی سوھەیلا”
- Czech: “Baní Suhajla”
- Czech: “Baní Suhajlá”
- Dutch: “Bani Suheila”
- Finnish: “Bani Suhaila”
- French: “Bani Suheila”
- German: “Bani Suhaila”
- German: “Bani Suheila”
- Hebrew: “בני סוהילה”
- Italian: “Bani Suheila”
- Japanese: “バニ・スヘイラ”
- Korean: “바니수헤일라”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bani Suheila”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bani Suheila”
- Norwegian: “Bani Suheila”
- Persian: “بنی سهیلا”
- Polish: “Bani Suhajla”
- Russian: “Бани-Сухайла”
- Scots: “Bani Suheila”
- Spanish: “Bani Suheila”
- Turkish: “Bani Süheyla”
- Urdu: “بنی سہیلہ”
- Welsh: “Bani Suheila”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bani Suhela and Ash Shaykh Nāşir.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Qal‘at Barqūq and Maqbarat ash Shaykh Muḩammad.
Palestine: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.