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Tal El Hawa

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.
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Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Palestine
  • Also known as: “Tal al-Hawa”, “Tel al-Hawa”, and “Tel al-Islam”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gaza Al-Quds Hospital and Rashad Shawa Cultural Center.

Hospital
Photo: CODEPINK Women For Peace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Al-Quds Hospital is a hospital located in the Tel al-Hawa area of , . It is the second largest hospital in Gaza.

Community center
Photo: Raedwahid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was a cultural center built in 1985, in , , . The place was named after its founder Rashad al-Shawa, the city's Palestinian mayor who served in office for 11 years.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ash-Shati Refugee Camp and Netzarim Junction.

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 3½ km north of Tal El Hawa.

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. is situated 3½ km south of Tal El Hawa.

Town
is a Palestinian town in the of the , located six kilometers southwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 11,458 in 2017. is situated 5 km southwest of Tal El Hawa.

Tal El Hawa

Latitude
31.50468° or 31° 30′ 17″ north
Longitude
34.4349° or 34° 26′ 6″ east
Open location code
8G3PGC3M+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11300328638
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q2898763
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tal El Hawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل الهوى، غزة”
  • Arabic: “تل الهوى”
  • Basque: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Catalan: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Chinese: “泰勒哈瓦”
  • Dutch: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حى تل الهوى”
  • French: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • French: “Tel al-Islam”
  • German: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Hebrew: “תל אל הווא”
  • Hebrew: “תל אל-הווא”
  • Japanese: “タル・アル・ハワ”
  • Japanese: “テル・アル＝ハワ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Norwegian: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Urdu: “تل الہوا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tal El Hawa”. Photo: ISM Palestine, CC BY-SA 2.0.