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Deir al-Balah Governorate

The Deir al-Balah Governorate, also referred to as Central Gaza Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine in the central which is administered by Hamas aside from its border with Israel, airspace, and maritime territory.
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  • Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 273,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
  • Also known as: “Middle Governorate” and “Muḥāfaẓat Dayr al-Balaḥ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kfar Darom and Deir El Belah War Cemetery.

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

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.

Border checkpoint
Kissufim is a kibbutz in the northwestern desert in . Located adjacent to the at an altitude of 92 m above sea level, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 343. is situated 4 km south of Deir al-Balah Governorate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir el-Balah and Nuseirat refugee camp.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the , , and the administrative capital of the Deir al-Balah Governorate. It is located over 14 kilometers south of .

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 Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip. is situated 5 km northeast of Deir al-Balah Governorate.

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

Deir al-Balah Governorate

Latitude
31.4077° or 31° 24′ 28″ north
Longitude
34.3674° or 34° 22′ 3″ east
Population
273,000
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC958+3W
Geo­Names ID
7870268
Wiki­data ID
Q592249
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Deir al-Balah Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة دير البلح”
  • Aragonese: “Gubernación de Deir al-Balah”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Deir el-Balah”
  • Basque: “Deir al-Balahko Gobernazioa”
  • Bengali: “দেইর আল-বালাহ গভর্নোরেট”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Deir al-Balah”
  • Cebuano: “Deir Al Balah”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای دێر بەلەح”
  • Chinese: “代尔拜莱赫省”
  • Danish: “Deir al-Balah Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Deir el-Balah”
  • Finnish: “Deir al-Balahn kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Deir Al-Balah”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Deir el-Balah”
  • German: “Gouvernement Dair al-Balah”
  • German: “Gouvernement Deir al-Balah”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ντέιρ αλ-Μπαλάχ”
  • Gujarati: “દેઇર અલ-બાલાહ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “דיר אל-בלח (נפה)”
  • Hebrew: “דיר אל-בלח”
  • Hindi: “देिर अल-बालाह गवर्नरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Dejr el-Balah kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Deir al-Balah”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Dayr al-Balah”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Deir al-Balah”
  • Japanese: “ディール・バラフ”
  • Japanese: “ディール・バラフ県”
  • Kannada: “ಡಿಯರ್ ಅಲ್-ಬಾಲಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “데이르알발라주”
  • Latvian: “Deirelbelehas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Deir al-Bachalo gubernija”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Deir al-Balah”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Deir al-Balah”
  • Marathi: “देर अल-बालाह गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mingrelian: “დეირ ელ-ბალაჰიშ მუჰაფაზა”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deir al_Balah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Deir al-Balah guvernement”
  • Persian: “استان دیرالبلح”
  • Polish: “Dajr al-Balah”
  • Portuguese: “Deir al_Balah”
  • Pushto: “ديرالبلح ولايت”
  • Pushto: “محافظه دير البلح”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Deir al-Balah”
  • Russian: “Дейр эль-Балах”
  • Russian: “Дейр-эль-Балах”
  • Scots: “Deir al-Balah Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “ඩයර් අල්-බලා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Dair Al Balah”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Deir al-Balah”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Deir el-Balah”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Deir el-Balah”
  • Swedish: “Deir al-Balah”
  • Tamil: “தீர் அல் - பாலா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “தீர் அல் - பாலா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tamil: “தீர் அல்-பலகு ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Telugu: “డెయిర్ అల్-బలాహ్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “แดร์ อัล บาลา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gouvernement Deir al-Balah”
  • Turkish: “Deir al-Balah Yönetimi”
  • Turkish: “Deyr El Balah valiliği”
  • Ukrainian: “Муніципалітет Дейр-ель-Балах”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ دیر البلح”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Deir al-Balah”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Deir al Balah”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Deir Al Balah”
  • Welsh: “llywodraethiaeth Deir al-Balah”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Deir al-Balah”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Deir Albalah”

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