# Al-Zahra

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Municipality type C in Gaza, State of Palestine

Al-Zahra Municipality type C Arabic transcription(s) • Arabic الزهراء • Latin Madinat Az-Zahra' (official) Ezahra (unofficial) Ruins in al-Zahra in November 2023 Municipal Seal of Al-Zahra' Municipality Interactive map of Al-Zahra Coordinates: 31°28′17.69″N 34°24′4.62″E / 31.4715806°N 34.4012833°E / 31.4715806; 34.4012833 State State of Palestine Governorate Gaza Founded 1998 Government • Type Municipality • Control Hamas • Head of Municipality Tareq Hijo Area • Total 4.6 km2 (1.8 sq mi) Population (2017)[1] • Total 5,338 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) Etymology The Rose

**Al-Zahra** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): الزهراء) is a [Palestinian](/source/Palestinian_people) municipality in the [Gaza Governorate](/source/Gaza_Governorate), south of [Gaza](/source/Gaza_City) and north of the [Wadi Gaza](/source/Wadi_Gaza), in the central [Gaza Strip](/source/Gaza_Strip). The [University of Palestine](/source/University_of_Palestine) and [Ummah Open University](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ummah_Open_University&action=edit&redlink=1) are located there. In 2017, it had a population of 5,338.[1] There were 837 housing units and 237 other buildings in the town.[2]

[Yasser Arafat](/source/Yasser_Arafat) established Al-Zahra in the 1990s as a residential area for [Palestine Authority](/source/Palestine_Authority) staff and supporters. It remained a neighborhood with larger houses and more open space than others in Gaza City.[3] In 1998, a Bronze Age archaeological site was discovered at Al-Zahra during work on a housing project. The site was subsequently named [Tell es-Sakan](/source/Tell_es-Sakan) and investigated by archaeologists.[4]

In the [Gaza war](/source/Gaza_war), it was untouched by airstrikes until October 19, 2023, when more than twenty apartment blocks were bombed by the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces).[5][6]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PrelimCensus2017_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PrelimCensus2017_1-1) [Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017](https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf) (PDF). [Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Palestinian_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics) (PCBS) (Report). [State of Palestine](/source/State_of_Palestine). February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [2009 Census](http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/census2007/ind_loca_09.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101114002607/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/census2007/ind_loca_09.pdf) November 14, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). [Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Palestinian_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics). p. 61.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Alice Cuddy (November 10, 2023). ["The end of Gaza's most beautiful neighbourhood"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/85JPWipoYZ/gaza_al_zahra). *BBC News*. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [de Miroschedji, Pierre](/source/Pierre_de_Miroschedji); [Sadeq, Mo'ain](/source/Moain_Sadeq) (2005). "The frontier of Egypt in the Early Bronze Age: preliminary soundings at Tell es-Sakan (Gaza Strip)". In Clarke, Joanne (ed.). [*Archaeological Perspectives on the Transmission and Transformation of Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean*](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv310vqks.24). Council for British Research in the Levant. pp. 155–169. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84217-168-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84217-168-4). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [j.ctv310vqks.24](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv310vqks.24).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["'I'm calling from Israeli intelligence. We have the order to bomb. You have two hours'"](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67327079). *BBC News*. November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Gaza neighbourhood flattened and hospital told to evacuate"](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67180844). *[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)*. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-02-12.

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