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Khan Yunis Governorate

The Khan Yunis Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine, located in the southern . Its district capital is . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the governorate had a population of 426,056 in mid-2022.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Neve Dekalim and Gadid.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement in the . Comprising a part of Gush Katif, it was founded in 1983, shortly after Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula to fulfill the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement and Moshav located in the middle of the Gush Katif settlement bloc whose residents were expelled in Israel's disengagement of 2005.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement in the south of the , located in the Gush Katif settlement bloc. It was under the jurisdiction of Hof Aza Regional Council.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khan Yunis and Khan Yunis Camp.

Town
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, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern , , and serves as the capital of the Governorate.

Suburb
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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called , is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Khan Yunis Governorate just west of the city of and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern .

Town
is a municipality in the , in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the State of Palestine. The town is located 2 km east of the city of Khan Younis. As of 2017, had a population of 41,439 people.

Khan Yunis Governorate

Latitude
31.35° or 31° 21′ north
Longitude
34.3° or 34° 18′ east
Population
352,000
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
8G3P88X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
7871092
Wiki­data ID
Q948026
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Khan Yunis Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محافظة خان يونس”
  • Aragonese: “Gubernación de Khan Yunis”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Jan Yunis”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Khan Yunis”
  • Basque: “Khan Yunisko Gobernazioa”
  • Belarusian: “Хан Юніс”
  • Belarusian: “Хан-Юніс”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Khan Yunis”
  • Cebuano: “Khan Yunis Governorate”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای خان یوونس”
  • Chinese: “汉尤尼斯省”
  • Chinese: “汗尤尼斯省”
  • Chinese: “漢尤尼斯省”
  • Dutch: “Khan Yunis”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Khan Younès”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Khan Younès”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Khan Yunis”
  • German: “Chan Yunis Gouvernement”
  • German: “Gouvernement Chan Yunis”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Χαν Γιουνίς”
  • Hebrew: “ח’אן יונס (נפה)”
  • Hebrew: “ח’אן יונס”
  • Hungarian: “Hán Júnisz kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Khan Yunis”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Khan Yunis”
  • Japanese: “ハーン・ユーニス”
  • Japanese: “ハーン・ユーニス県”
  • Korean: “칸유니스주”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Khan Yunis”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Khan Yunis”
  • Mingrelian: “ხან-იუნისიშ მუჰაფაზა”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khan Yunis guvernement”
  • Persian: “استان خان یونس”
  • Persian: “استان خان‌یونس”
  • Polish: “Chan Junus”
  • Pushto: “خان يونس ولايت”
  • Pushto: “محافظه خان يونس”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Khan Yunis”
  • Russian: “Хан-Юнис”
  • Scots: “Khan Yunis Govrenorate”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Han Junis”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Jan Yunis”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Jan Yunis”
  • Tamil: “கான் யூனிசு ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “கான் யூனிஸ் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “கான் யூனிஸ் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Gouvernement Chan Yunis”
  • Turkish: “Han Yunus valiliği”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ خان یونس”
  • Uzbek: “Xon Yunis gubernatorligi”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Chan Yunis”
  • Welsh: “llywodraethiaeth Khan Yunis”
  • Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Khan Yunis”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Istād Khān Yūnis ar Riyāḑī and Qal‘at Barqūq.

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