North Gaza Governorate
The North Gaza Governorate is a governorate of Palestine in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 270,245 with 40,262 households in mid-year 2007 encompassing three municipalities, two rural districts and one refugee camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 270,000 residents
- Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
- Also known as: “North Gaza”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Indonesian hospital and Nasr Mosque.
Indonesian hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Indonesia Hospital is a hospital located in Bait Lahia, North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip.
Nasr Mosque
Mosque
The Umm al-Nasr Mosque, also known as the Beit Hanoun Mosque, is the oldest mosque in the Palestinian city of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the center of the city and was built in 1239 CE.
Assaf Siboni lookout
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Lironmarch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Assaf Siboni lookout is a scenic viewpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sderot and Jabalia.
Sderot
Photo: Nizzan Cohen, CC BY 4.0.
Sderot is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District of Israel. In 2023, it had a population of 35,477. Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza, and is notable for having been a major target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip.
Jabalia
Town
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jabalia, also spelled Jabalya, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, located 4 kilometers north of Gaza City, in the North Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip. Jabalia is situated 5 km west of North Gaza Governorate.
Beit Lahia
Town
Beit Lahia or Beit Lahiya is a city in the Gaza Strip, north of Jabalia, in the North Gaza Governorate of the State of Palestine. It sits next to Beit Hanoun and close to the border with Israel. Beit Lahia is situated 4 km northwest of North Gaza Governorate.
North Gaza Governorate
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“North Gaza Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة شمال غزة”
- Aragonese: “Gubernación de Gaza d’o Norte”
- Asturian: “Gobernación de Gaza del Norte”
- Banjar: “Gaza Utara”
- Basque: “Ipar Gazako Gobernazioa”
- Bengali: “উত্তর গাজা গভর্নোরেট”
- Catalan: “Governació de Gaza Nord”
- Cebuano: “North Gaza”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای باکووری غەززە”
- Chinese: “北加沙省”
- Danish: “Guvernement Nordgaza”
- Dutch: “Noord Gaza”
- Dutch: “Noord-Gaza”
- Finnish: “North Gazan kuvernoraatti”
- French: “gouvernorat de Gaza-Nord”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Gaza-Nord”
- German: “Gouvernement Nordgaza”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Βόρειας Γάζας”
- Gujarati: “નોર્થ ગાઝા ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “צפון עזה (נפה)”
- Hebrew: “צפון עזה”
- Hindi: “उत्तर गाजा गवर्नरेट”
- Hungarian: “Észak-Gáza kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Gaza Utara”
- Italian: “governatorato di Gaza Nord”
- Japanese: “北ガザ”
- Japanese: “北ガザ県”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಗಾಜಾ ಗವರ್ನರ್”
- Kashmiri: “شُمٲلؠ غزہ مُحافظہٕ”
- Korean: “북가자주”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļgazas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Gazos muchafaza”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurinė Gazos gubernija”
- Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Gaza Utara”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Gaza Utara”
- Marathi: “नॉर्थ गाझा गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Mingrelian: “ოორუე ღაზაშ მუჰაფაზა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nord Gaza Governorate”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nord-Gaza guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Nord-Gaza guvernement”
- Persian: “استان شمال غزه”
- Polish: “Gaza Północna”
- Portuguese: “Gaza do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Governamento Nord de Gaza”
- Pushto: “محافظه شمالي غزه”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Gaza de Nord”
- Russian: “Северная Газа”
- Scots: “North Gaza Govrenorate”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු ගාසා පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Severna Gaza”
- Slovenian: “Severna Gaza”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Gaza del Norte”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Gaza del Norte”
- Swedish: “Norra Gaza Governorate”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு காசா ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு காசா கவர்னரேட்”
- Telugu: “ఉత్తర గాజా గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “กาซาเหนือ”
- Tosk Albanian: “Gouvernement Nordgaza”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Gazze valiliği”
- Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Північна Газа”
- Urdu: “محافظہ شمالی غزہ”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Bắc Gaza”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Gog. Gaza”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Gogledd Gaza”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Beit Hanoun and ‘Izbat Bayt Ḩanūn.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Giv‘at Nizmit and Tall al Khirbah.
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