Al-Zahra | |
Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Info: | Arabic: الزهراء |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Latin |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | Madinat Az-Zahra' (official) Ezahra (unofficial) |
Type: | Municipality type C |
Image Blank Emblem: | AlZahra_Logo.jpg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Municipal Seal of Al-Zahra' Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Al-Zahra within Palestine |
Coordinates: | 31.4716°N 34.4013°W |
Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Gaza |
Blank Name Sec1: | Etymology |
Blank Info Sec1: | The Rose |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1998 |
Government Type: | Municipality |
Leader Title: | Head of Municipality |
Leader Name: | Tareq Hijo |
Unit Pref: | dunam |
Area Total Km2: | 4.6 |
Area Total Dunam: | 4634 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 5338 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Subdivision Name2: | Israel Defense Forces[2] |
Subdivision Type2: | Control |
Al-Zahra (Arabic: الزهراء) is a Palestinian municipality in the Gaza Governorate, south of Gaza and north of the Wadi Gaza, in the central Gaza Strip. The University of Palestine and Ummah Open University are located there. In 2017, it had a population of 5,338. There were 837 housing units and 237 other buildings in the town.[3]
Yasser Arafat established Al-Zahra in the 1990s as a residential area for Palestine Authority staff and supporters. It remained a neighborhood with larger houses and more open space than others in Gaza City.[4] In the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, it was untouched by airstrikes until October 19, 2023, when several apartment blocks were bombed by the Israel Defense Forces.[5]