Palestine
Gaza Strip
Gaza Governorate

Tuffah

Tuffah is one of four quarters of the Old City of Gaza in the , located in the northeast, and is divided into eastern and western halves.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Palestine
  • Also known as: “At Tuffah” and “At Tuffāḩ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gaza War Cemetery and Qasr al-Basha.

Cemetery
Photo: Riyaah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Salah al-Din Road in Tuffah, Gaza City, Palestine. Before the Gaza war, the cemetery's maintenance was managed by the Hamas government in Gaza in coordination with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Museum
Photo: Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Pasha's Palace Museum, Radwan Castle, and Napoleon's Fort, was a historic building in the Old City of , . At the time of its destruction, it housed a museum.

Mosque
Photo: Ahmad.hamed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a situated in the midst of a cemetery in the Tuffah neighborhood of , in the , relatively isolated from the rest of the city. The Mamluk-era mosque was completed in 1324 CE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jabalia and Ash-Shati Refugee Camp.

Town
Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also spelled Jabalya, is a city in the , , located 4 kilometers north of , in the of the .

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Al-Shati, also known as Shati or Beach camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the northern along the Mediterranean Sea coastline in the , and more specifically . is situated 4 km northwest of Tuffah.

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 4½ km west of Tuffah.

Tuffah

Latitude
31.51334° or 31° 30′ 48″ north
Longitude
34.481° or 34° 28′ 52″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
8G3PGF7J+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11300388634
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8042019
Wiki­data ID
Q4703298
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tuffah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “التفاح (حي)”
  • Arabic: “التفاح”
  • Arabic: “حي التفاح، غزة”
  • Dutch: “Al-Tuffah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حى التفاح”
  • French: “Al-Tuffah”
  • French: “Tuffah”
  • Hebrew: “א-תופאח”
  • Japanese: “タッファー”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tuffah”
  • Norwegian: “Tuffah”
  • Persian: “ال-توفاه”
  • Persian: “تفاح”
  • Portuguese: “Tuffah”
  • Spanish: “Tuffah”
  • Urdu: “تفاح، غزہ”

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Highlights include 7up and Al-Toffah Sport Club.

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