Madinat al-Awda

Local Development Committee in Gaza, State of Palestine

31°31′50″N 34°26′49″E / 31.53056°N 34.44694°E / 31.53056; 34.44694StateState of PalestineGovernorateGazaControlIsrael Defense Forces^[1]Government

• TypeLocal Development CommitteePopulation

(2006)

• Total590

Madinat al-Awda (Arabic: مَدينَة العودة) is a Palestinian village in the Gaza Governorate located in the northwestern suburbs of Gaza City along the Mediterranean coast and between al-Shati Camp and al-Atatra. Its population in the 1997 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census was 420,^[2] rising to 590 in 2006.^[3] It is administered by a local development committee under the Palestinian National Authority.^[2]

References

^ Haddad, Mohammed (2023-10-23). "Mapping Gaza's neighbourhoods flattened by non-stop Israeli bombings". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
^ ^a ^b Madinat al-Awda Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC).
^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).