Ḩawḑ Wāw

Ḩawḑ Wāw is a locality in , . Ḩawḑ Wāw is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rafah.

Ruins
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is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the , . It is the capital of center in , and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canada Camp and Kerem Shalom.

Locality
was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern near , formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the -- border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 231. is situated 7 km southeast of Ḩawḑ Wāw.

Locality
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was an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the with a population of about 2,500 people. was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War until that part of the Sinai was handed over to in April 1982, as part of the terms of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. is situated 8 km west of Ḩawḑ Wāw.

Ḩawḑ Wāw

Latitude
31.28139° or 31° 16′ 53″ north
Longitude
34.24972° or 34° 14′ 59″ east
Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)
Open location code
8G3P76JX+HV
Geo­Names ID
8051672
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In Other Languages

“Ḩawḑ Wāw” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حوض واو”

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