Gaza City
ancient Levantine metropolis and modern city in Gaza Strip
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Summary
Gaza City is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,597 views/month, #53 of 5,534).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities[3], The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities APLA[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gaza Governorate[5]
- Country: Palestine[6]
- Head of government: Nizar Hijazi[7]
- Continent: Asia[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], Municipality of Palestine type A[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Turin[11], Dunkirk[12], Tel Aviv[13], Tabriz[14], Tromsø Municipality[15], Cascais[16], Barcelona[17], Cáceres[18], Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque[19], Osmangazi[20], İzmir[21]
- Postal code: 860[22]
- Part of: Gaza Strip[23]
- Commons category: Gaza City[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[25]
- Inception: 1500 BC[26]
- Significant event: Siege of Gaza[27], Siege of Gaza City[28]
- Official website: https://www.mogaza.org/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gaza City[30]
- Population: 515,556[31], 549,070[32], 590,481[33], 6000[34], 15,500[35], 16,000[36], 36,000[37], 40,000[38], 42,000[39], 17,480[40], 17,046[41], 34,250[42], 100,272[43], 306,113[44]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[45], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[48], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[49], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[50], Otto's encyclopedia[51], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[52], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[53], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[54], Pauly–Wissowa[55]
- Capital of: occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United Arab Republic[56], Gaza Strip[57]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Gaza City include Gaza Strip[58], an occupied territory[59], in Palestine[60], founded in 1949[61]; gauze[62], a textile[63]; and Gaza Street, Jerusalem[64], a street[65], in Palestine[66].
Why It Matters
Gaza City has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]
Entities named for it include Gaza Strip[58], an occupied territory[59], in Palestine[60], founded in 1949[61]; gauze[62], a textile[63]; and Gaza Street, Jerusalem[64], a street[65], in Palestine[66].