Al-Mughraqa

Al-Mughraqa is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Governorate 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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality with 11,500 residents
  • Description: village in Gaza strip
  • Also known as: “Abu Middein” and “Al Mughrāqah”

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 Nuseirat refugee camp and Bureij.

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.

Suburb
Photo: שועל, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the central east of the Salah al-Din Road in the . The camp's total land area is 529 dunums and in 2017, it had a population of 28,024 with 28,770 registered refugees. is situated 3½ km south of Al-Mughraqa.

Suburb
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tel al-Hawa is a neighborhood in the southern part of the Palestinian city of . Incorporated by the Palestinian National Authority in the late 1990s, Tel al-Hawa is one of the more affluent areas of the city. is situated 5 km northeast of Al-Mughraqa.

Al-Mughraqa

Latitude
31.4675° or 31° 28′ 3″ north
Longitude
34.40972° or 34° 24′ 35″ east
Population
11,500
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
8G3PFC95+2V
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”
  • Catalan: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Cebuano: “Al Mughrāqah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المغراقه”
  • French: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • German: “Al-Mughraqa”
  • Hebrew: “אל-מוע’ראקה”
  • Japanese: “Al-Mughraqa （Abu Middein）”
  • 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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