Wadi as-Salqa

Wadi as-Salqa is a Palestinian agricultural town in the , located south of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the municipality had a population of 6,715 in 2017.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality with 4,550 residents
  • Description: town in Gaza Strip
  • Also known as: “Wādī as Salgā” and “Wadi as Salqa”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kfar Darom and Kissufim Crossing.

Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the .

Border checkpoint
Kissufim is a kibbutz in the northwestern desert in .

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement located in the… is situated 3½ km west of Wadi as-Salqa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Qarara and Deir el-Balah.

Town
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is a Palestinian town in the of the .

Town
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Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the… is situated 3½ km north of Wadi as-Salqa.

Village
is a Palestinian village in the central… is situated 3½ km northeast of Wadi as-Salqa.

Wadi as-Salqa

Latitude
31.387° or 31° 23′ 13″ north
Longitude
34.358° or 34° 21′ 29″ east
Population
4,550
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
Open location code
8G3P99P5+R6
Geo­Names ID
6968055
Wiki­data ID
Q7959265
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Wadi as-Salqa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وادي السلقا”
  • Asturian: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Catalan: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Cebuano: “Wādī as Salqā”
  • Dutch: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وادى السلقا”
  • French: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • German: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Hebrew: “ואדי א-סלקא”
  • Indonesian: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Norwegian: “Wadi as-Salqa”
  • Persian: “وادی السلقا”
  • Polish: “Wadi as-Salka”
  • Russian: “Вади ас-Салька”
  • Thai: “วาดีอัสซัลกอ”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Al Mu‘tariḑ and Kfar Darom.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Maqām al Khaḑir and Tall Ḩābūlah.

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Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.

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