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Al-Mughraqa

Al-Mughraqa is a Palestinian town in the of the , located six kilometers southwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mughraqa had a population of 11,458 in 2017.
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  • Type: Town with 5,080 residents
  • Description: village in Gaza strip
  • Also known as: “Abu Middein”, “Al Mughrāqah”, and “أبو مدين”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Netzarim and Gaza Power Station.

Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was an Israeli settlement in the about 5 kilometers southwest of . It was established in 1972. In August 2005, the inhabitants of were evicted by the Israel Defense Forces as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gaza Power Plant is a fossil fuel power station in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Netzarim Junction and Nuseirat refugee camp.

Neighborhood
The is a road intersection in the central part of the . It is formed by the intersection of Route 749 within the Netzarim Corridor with Salah al-Din Road.

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. is situated 2½ km southwest of Al-Mughraqa.

Village
Photo: Biegel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian farming village in the , south of , in the central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,586 inhabitants in 2017. is situated 3½ km east of Al-Mughraqa.

Al-Mughraqa

Latitude
31.46725° or 31° 28′ 2″ north
Longitude
34.40976° or 34° 24′ 35″ east
Population
5,080
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8G3PFC85+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 505042007
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7870524
Wiki­data ID
Q573785
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Mughraqa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المغراقة”
  • Arabic: “مدينة المغراقة”
  • Asturian: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Basque: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Catalan: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Cebuano: “Al Mughrāqah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المغراقه”
  • French: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • German: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Hebrew: “אל-מוע’ראקה”
  • Japanese: “Al-Mughraqa （Abu Middein）”
  • Korean: “알 무그라까”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abu Middein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Norwegian: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Spanish: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Urdu: “المغراقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Mugʻraqa”

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