Az Zuwāydah

Az-Zawayda, also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in the , in the of the State of Palestine. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the city of and just west of Maghazi refugee camp.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Hilarion Monastery and Deir El Belah War Cemetery.

Archaeological site
Photo: RIZEK ABDELJAWAD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was an ancient Christian monastery in . The ruins are part of the archaeological site of Tell Umm el-'Amr, and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is close to in the .

Cemetery
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The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. After the Armistice of Mudros ended the Ottoman Empire's participation in the First World War, some graves were relocated from nearby to the Deir El Balah War Cemetery.

Power station
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The Gaza Power Plant is a fossil fuel power station in , . is situated 2½ km northeast of Az Zuwāydah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nuseirat refugee camp and Al Maghazi Refugee Camp.

Town
Photo: Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nuseirat Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the , five kilometers north-east of . The refugee camp is in the , Gaza Strip.

Suburb
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the in the central . It was established in 1949. The camp is built on 559 dunums.

Az Zuwāydah

Latitude
31.43954° or 31° 26′ 22″ north
Longitude
34.38053° or 34° 22′ 50″ east
Population
16,700
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC9QJ+R6
Geo­Names ID
6967990
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In Other Languages

“Az Zuwāydah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الزوايدة”

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