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The Gaza Strip (Arabic: قطاع غزة Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah, IPA: [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣazza]) is a territory on the eastren coast o the Mediterranean Sea that borders Egyp on the soothwast (11 km) an Israel on the east an north (51 km (32 mi)). It is 41 kilometre (25 mi) lang, an frae 6 tae 12 kilometre (3.7 tae 7.5 mi) wide, wi a tot aurie o 365 square kilometre (141 sq mi).[4] The population o Gaza Strip is aboot 1.7 million fowk.[5] The population is predominantly Sunni Muslim. Wi a yearly growth rate o aboot 3.2%, the Gaza Strip haes the 7t heichest population growth rate in the warld.[5]
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Gaza Strip قطاع غزة Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah | |
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| Status | • Unner the Palestinian Authority accordin tae the Oslo Accords[1] • De facto Admeenistratit bi Hamas syne Julie 2007. • Claimed bi the State o Palestinea |
| Caipital and largest city | Gaza Ceety 31°31′N 34°27′E |
| Offeecial leids | Arabic |
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| Demonym(s) | Gazan Palestinian |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 365 km2 (141 sq mi)[2] |
| Population | |
• End 2015 estimate | 1.85 million[3] |
• Density | 5,046/km2 (13,069.1/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (Palestine Staundart Time) |
| UTC+3 (Palestine Simmer Time) | |
| Cawin code | +970 |
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The Gaza Strip acquired its current northren an eastren boundaries at the cessation o fichtin in the 1948 war, confirmed bi the Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement on 24 Februar 1949.[6] Airticle V o the Agreement declared that the demarcation line wis nae tae be an internaitional border. The Gaza Strip continued tae be occupied bi Egyp. At first Gaza Strip wis offeecially admeenistered bi the Aw-Palestine Govrenment, established bi the Arab League in September 1948. Frae the dissolution o the Aw-Palestine Govrenment in 1959 til 1967, the Gaza Strip wis directly admeenistered bi an Egyptian militar govrenor. Israel captured the Gaza Strip frae Egyp in the Sax-Day War in 1967. Pursuant tae the Oslo Accords signed in 1993, the Palestinian Authority acame the admeenistrative body that govrened Palestinian population centers. Israel maintained control o the airspace, territorial watters an border crossins apairt frae the laund border wi Egyp. Israel widrew frae Gaza in 2005. Syne Julie 2007, followin the 2006 Palestinian legislative election an followin the Hamas takeover in 2007, Hamas haes functioned as the de facto ruler in the Gaza Strip, fairmin an alternative Hamas Govrenment in Gaza.
The Gaza Strip fairms pairt o the Palestinian territories,[7][8][9][10] nou claimed bi the State o Palestine.
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