Al-Mawasi ( ar, المواصي) is a
Palestinian Bedouin town on the southern coast of the
Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long, that prior to
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan
The Israeli disengagement from Gaza ( he, תוכנית ההתנתקות, ') was the unilateral dismantling in 2005 of the 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the evacuation of Israeli settlers and army from inside the Gaza Strip.
Th ...
in 2005 existed as a Palestinian enclave within the
Katif bloc of
Israeli settlements. According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official
statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures ...
, al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in mid-year 2006.
External links
UNICEF Brings Critical Supplies to the Isolated Children of Al-MawasiAl-Mawasi, Gaza Strip: Impossible Life in an Isolated Enclave B'Tselem publication
Villages in the Gaza Strip
Rafah Governorate
Bedouins in the State of Palestine
Populated coastal places in Palestinian territories
Municipalities of the State of Palestine
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