Az-Zawayda

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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 23,800 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Gaza Strip
  • Also known as: “Al Zawaida”, “Zawaida”, and “アッ・ザワーイダ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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 .

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917.

Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the . is situated 3 km south of Az-Zawayda.

Places in the Area

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

Village
is a Palestinian village in the central…

Town
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Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the…

Suburb
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the…

Az-Zawayda

Latitude
31.42804° or 31° 25′ 41″ north
Longitude
34.3653° or 34° 21′ 55″ east
Population
23,800
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC9H8+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 776438083
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7870299
Wiki­data ID
Q59623
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Az-Zawayda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الزوايدة”
  • Arabic: “الزوايده”
  • Asturian: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Basque: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Catalan: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Cebuano: “Az Zuwāydah”
  • Central Kurdish: “زەوایدە”
  • Chinese: “阿兹扎韦达”
  • Dutch: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الزوايده”
  • French: “Az Zawâydah”
  • French: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Hebrew: “א-זאוואידה”
  • Hebrew: “א-זוואידה”
  • Hindi: “अज़-ज़वैदा”
  • Indonesian: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Japanese: “アズ・ザワイダ”
  • Korean: “아즈자와이다”
  • Korean: “알자와이다”
  • Korean: “앗 자와이다”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Persian: “الزوایده”
  • Polish: “Az-Zawajda”
  • Russian: “Аль-Завайда”
  • Spanish: “Az-Zawayda”
  • Urdu: “الزوایدہ”
  • Uzbek: “Az-Zavayda”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp and Nuseirat Refugee Camp.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: az-Az-Zawayda and مسجد الرواد.

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