{{short description|Governorate of Palestine}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Infobox settlement | native_name = {{lang|ar|محافظة شمال غزة}} | type = [[governorates of Palestine|Governorate]] | image_map = North Gaza in Palestine.svg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{PSE}} | subdivision_type1 = Territory | subdivision_name1 = [[Gaza Strip]] | area_total_km2 = 61 | population_total = 270,245 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_footnotes = <ref name="pop2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |title=Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017 |access-date=2021-01-19 |publisher=[[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS) |archive-date=2023-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014083755/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto }} {{Gaza Strip}}

The '''North Gaza Governorate''' ({{langx|ar|محافظة شمال غزة}}) is a [[Governorates of Palestine|governorate]] of [[Palestine]] in the [[Gaza Strip]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], the governorate had a population of 270,245 (7.2% of the Palestinian population) with 40,262 households in mid-year 2007 encompassing three municipalities, two rural districts and one refugee camp.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/PressRelease/census2007_e.pdf Table 2: Number of Population and Households in the Palestinian Territory by Governorate 2007] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]</ref>

North Gaza has seen numerous strikes during the [[Gaza war]], including attacks on the [[Attacks_on_schools_during_the_Israeli_invasion_of_Gaza#Shadia_Abu_Ghazala_School|Shadia Abu Ghazala School]] and [[19 October 2024 Beit Lahia attacks|Beit Lahia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-grandfather-describes-killing-his-family-by-israeli-soldiers-2023-12-18/|title=Gaza grandfather describes killing of his family by Israeli soldiers|date=2023-12-18|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mccready |first=Alastair |last2=Uras |first2=Umut |last3=Pietromarchi |first3=Virginia |title=Updates: Israeli attack on Gaza's Beit Lahiya kills at least 73 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/19/live-israeli-attack-kills-at-least-33-in-north-gazas-jabalia-refugee-camp |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

== Localities == * [[Om al-Nasr|Al-Qaraya al-Badawiya]] * [[Beit Hanoun]] (Beit Hanun) * [[Beit Lahia]] (Beit Lahiya) * [[Izbat Beit Hanoun]] * [[Jabalia]] (Jabalya) * [[Jabalia refugee camp|Jabalia camp]]

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==External links== {{Commons category|North Gaza Governorate}} *[http://www.pnic.gov.ps/english/geography/Residential_North_Gaza.html Palestinian website]

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