Abū Ḩimār

Abū Ḩimār is a locality in , . Abū Ḩimār is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gadid and Neve Dekalim.

Ruins
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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 . 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.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement and army base in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the southwest edge of the . Home to 220 religious Jews, its inhabitants were evicted, its houses demolished, and its land surrendered to the Palestinian National Authority as part of Israel's disengagement of 2005. is situated 3 km west of Abū Ḩimār.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khan Yunis Camp and Al-Mawasi.

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 and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern .

Village
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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 3½ km northwest of Abū Ḩimār.

Locality
was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern near , formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location. is situated 6 km southwest of Abū Ḩimār.

Abū Ḩimār

Latitude
31.33222° or 31° 19′ 56″ north
Longitude
34.285° or 34° 17′ 6″ east
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
8G3P87JM+VX
Geo­Names ID
281163
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