Al-Aqsa University
Al-Aqsa University is an university in Gaza Strip, Palestine. Al-Aqsa University is situated nearby to the college Gaza Polytechnic Institute, as well as near the ruins Neve Dekalim.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Neve Dekalim and Shirat HaYam.
Neve Dekalim
Ruins
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Neve Dekalim was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip. 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. Neve Dekalim is situated 460 metres south of Al-Aqsa University.
Shirat HaYam
Ruins
Shirat HaYam was an Israeli settlement established in 2001 on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea west of Neve Dekalim in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip that existed until 2005. Shirat HaYam is situated 1 km northwest of Al-Aqsa University.
Kfar Yam
Ruins
Kfar Yam, sometimes spelled Kefar Yam or Kfar Hayam in English, was a small non-religious community established in 1983 and populated by four families. Kfar Yam is situated 1¼ km west of Al-Aqsa University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Mawasi and Khan Yunis Camp.
Al-Mawasi
Village
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Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. Al-Mawasi is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip.
Khan Yunis Camp
Suburb
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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called Khan Yunis Camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Khan Yunis Governorate just west of the city of Khan Yunis and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern Gaza Strip.
Khan Yunis
Town
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Khan Yunis, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and serves as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate. Khan Yunis is situated 3½ km east of Al-Aqsa University.
Al-Aqsa University
- Type: University
- Category: education
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.35606° or 31° 21′ 22″ northLongitude
34.27541° or 34° 16′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8G3P974G+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 41315666OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=university
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Al-Aqsa University” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جامعة الأقصى”
- Hebrew: “אוניברסיטת אל־אקצא”
- Japanese: “アル=アクサ大学”
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