Gaza Strip Map

Google Maps, detailed facts of Gaza Strip (ISO: GZ) and the capital city, N/A. This page enables you to explore Gaza Strip and its land boundaries in total: 72 km. You may also view the border countries of Gaza Strip (total: 2, Egypt 13 km, Israel 59 km with its area of total: 360 sq km; land: 360 sq km, water: 0 sq km through detailed Satellite imagery – fast and easy as never before – with Google Maps.

Find comprehensive geographical, economic, environmental, governmental, cultural, scientific, historical, and demographical related information below on the wiki page of Gaza Strip.

In case if you are traveling by car, there is also Street View and free Driving Directions by Google at your service.

Your virtual Sightseeing in Gaza Strip, Middle East starts here on this map & Wiki page.

Gaza Strip Google Maps & Facts

This virtual map shows Gaza Strip, located in the Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel, with its cities, towns, highways, main roads, streets, Street Views, and terrain maps regularly updated by Google.

You are viewing Gaza Strip and its location (Middle East) at the geographic coordinates of 31 25 N, 34 20 E, inland counties boundaries and international borders.

Hint: Have a look at the Street view in Gaza Strip, GZ. All you have to do is drag and pull the little yellow man (Pegman) on the Google map above the desired location in Gaza Strip. After that, whenever it is available (currently more than 50 countries provided by Google around the world), blue stripes will appear to show the photos and details from Google’s regularly updated database.

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Fast Facts about Gaza Strip

Are you traveling to Gaza Strip? When you are on the way to explore foreign countries in the Middle East, it is always good to be aware of the nature of that specific nation and the surroundings, in this case: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel.

Did you know that the legal system of Gaza Strip is N/A?

When you are traveling around or looking for accommodation in Gaza Strip, you would better know that (there are in total lengths of roadways note: see entry for the West Bank), and the most crowded areas in this country are: N/A. The urbanization rate in this country looks like the following: urban population: 75.3% of the total population (2015).

The total population in Gaza Strip: 1,753,327 (July 2016 estimate) with a population growth rate of 2.39% (2016 estimate) and the most widely spoken language(s) are Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood). These days, Gaza Strip has to face a net migration rate of -5.2 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2016 estimate).

You may find the following ethnic groups in Gaza Strip nowadays; Palestinian Arab.

The right to vote in Gaza Strip can be exercised by the population from the age of N/A and he following ways can earn the citizenship; N/A.

In case if you plan to visit Gaza Strip for shopping, or for business porpuses, it is good to know that the national holiday(s) in Gaza Strip are: N/A.

Whether you are traveling for business or not, never forget that sometimes there are several risks/hazards on your way; In the case of Gaza Strip, these are the most likely dangers you might face: droughts. What do you think? Are you prepared enough to visit N/A and/or Gaza Strip?

Living with the given conditions, affected by all the civilization and natural harms in Gaza Strip, the population has to face a death rate of 3.2 deaths / 1,000 population (2016 estimate).

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Travel references about Gaza Strip

To make your travel experience better, you may do it better to understand at least one of the most widely spoken languages in Gaza Strip. Here they are: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood).

For your local internet searches, use the following TLD: .ps

Do not be surprised, when visiting this country, its climate typically is like this; temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers.

Its capital city is N/A, where the local time zone is N/A, which is N/A. Note to the timezone in N/A: N/A.

For nature lovers, we do note the following elevation data regarding Gaza Strip; mean elevation: N/A, elevation extremes; lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m, highest point: Abu ‘Awdah 105 m. The length of its total coastline are: 40 km and the length of the land boundaries is total: 72 km.

Current environmental issues in Gaza Strip; desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; depletion and contamination of underground water resources.

And again – in case if you missed it-, those natural hazards, that are threatening your journey: droughts.

For your traveling options, there are 1 (2013) airports and 1 (2013) heliports in Gaza Strip all together with N/A waterways, and roadways in total: note: see entry for the West Bank.

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Background of Gaza Strip

Like every nation, Gaza Strip also has its historical background, and it has shaped its social, cultural, political and geographical characteristics; Inhabited since at least the 15th century B.C., Gaza has been dominated by many different peoples and empires throughout its history; it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century. Gaza fell to British forces during World War I, becoming a part of the British Mandate of Palestine. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Egypt administered the newly formed Gaza Strip; it was captured by Israel in the Six-Day War in 1967. Under a series of agreements known as the Oslo accords signed between 1994 and 1999, Israel transferred to the newly-created Palestinian Authority (PA) security and civilian responsibility for many Palestinian-populated areas of the Gaza Strip as well as the West Bank. Negotiations to determine the permanent status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip stalled in 2001, after which the area witnessed a violent intifada or uprising.In early 2003, the “Quartet” of the US, EU, UN, and Russia presented a roadmap to a final peace settlement by 2005, calling for two states. Following PA President Yasir ARAFAT’s death in late 2004 and the subsequent election of Mahmud ABBAS (head of the Fatah political faction) as the PA president in 2005, Israel and the Palestinians agreed to move the peace process forward. Israel by late 2005 unilaterally withdrew all of its settlers and soldiers and dismantled its military facilities in the Gaza Strip, but it continues to control the Gaza Strip’s land and maritime borders and airspace. In early 2006, the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) won a majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council election. Attempts to form a unity government between Fatah and HAMAS failed and violent clashes between their respective supporters ensued, culminating in HAMAS’s violent seizure of all military and governmental institutions in the Gaza Strip in June 2007. Since HAMAS’s takeover, Israel and Egypt have enforced tight restrictions on movement and access of goods and individuals into and out of the territory. Fatah and HAMAS have since reached a series of agreements aimed at restoring political unity between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank but have struggled to implement them. In April 2014, the two factions signed an agreement and two months later President ABBAS formed an interim government of independent technocrats, none of whom were affiliated with HAMAS. The factions have since met periodically for further negotiations, but they continue to disagree over how to implement the deal and HAMAS remains in de facto control of the Gaza Strip.In July 2014, HAMAS and other Gaza-based militant groups engaged in a 51-day conflict with Israel — the third conflict since HAMAS’s takeover in 2007 — culminating in late August with an open-ended truce that continues to hold despite the absence of a negotiated cease-fire and occasional violations by both sides. Reconstruction efforts since the end of the conflict have been hampered by Israeli restrictions on goods entering the Gaza Strip and inadequate donor aid. The UN in 2015 published a study assessing that the Gaza Strip could become uninhabitable by 2020 absent a substantial easing on border restrictions. In an attempt to reenergize peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, France in June 2016 hosted a ministerial meeting that included participants from 29 countries, although not Israel or the Palestinians, to lay the groundwork for an envisioned “multilateral peace conference” later in the year. Source: CIA, The World Factbook.

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