Tel al-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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Palestine
  • Also known as: “Tal al-Hawa” and “Tel al-Islam”

Places of Interest

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

Hospital
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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
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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
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is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jabalia and Nahal Oz.

Town
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, also spelled Jabalya, is a city in the , , located 4 kilometers north of , in the of the . is situated 5 km northeast of Tel al-Hawa.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern . Located in the northwestern part of the desert close to the border with the and near the development towns of and , it is under the jurisdiction of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. is situated 7 km southeast of Tel al-Hawa.

Town
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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 7 km southwest of Tel al-Hawa.

Tel al-Hawa

Latitude
31.50492° or 31° 30′ 18″ north
Longitude
34.43662° or 34° 26′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G3PGC3P+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1558937383
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q2898763
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Satellite Map

Discover Tel al-Hawa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tel al-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”
  • Indonesian: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Japanese: “タル・アル・ハワ”
  • Japanese: “テル・アル＝ハワ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Norwegian: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Persian: “تل الهوا”
  • Spanish: “Tel al-Hawa”
  • Sylheti: “ꠔꠦꠟ ꠀꠟ ꠢꠣꠅꠣ”
  • Urdu: “تل الہوا”

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