Al Mawāsī
Al Mawāsī is a dune in Gaza Strip, Palestine. Al Mawāsī is situated nearby to the destroyed locality Newe Deqalim, as well as near the abandoned locality Neve Dekalim.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Neve Dekalim and Gadid.
Neve Dekalim
Ruins
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Neve Dekalim was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip. 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.
Gadid
Ruins
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Gadid 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.
Kfar Yam
Ruins
Kfar Yam, sometimes spelled Kefar Yam or Kfar Hayam in English, was a small non-religious community established in 1983 and populated by four families.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Mawasi and Khan Yunis Camp.
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.
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
Town
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Khan Yunis, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and serves as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate. Khan Yunis is situated 4 km east of Al Mawāsī.
Al Mawāsī
- Type: Dune
- Also known as: “Al Mawasi” and “El-Mawasi”
- Category: landform
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Cebuano—“Al Mawāsī” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المواصي”
- Cebuano: “Al Mawāsī”
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