Dair al-Balah Governorate

محافظة دير البلح Dair al-Balah Governorate
Basic data
Country	State of Palestine
Capital	Dair al-Balah
surface	56 km²
Residents	264,455 (2015)
density	4722 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PS-DEB
Coast at Dair al-Balah

Coordinates: 31 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E

The Dair al-Balah Governorate ( Arabic محافظة دير البلح, DMG Muḥāfaẓat Dayr al-Balaḥ ) is an administrative district of the Palestinian Authority or the State of Palestine in the middle of the Gaza Strip . The district city is the city of Dair al-Balah . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the government had 208,716 inhabitants in mid-2006 and 264,455 in mid-2015.

Cities

• Dair al-Balah (district town)
• az-Zuwaida
• al-Musaddar
• Wadi al-Salqa

Refugee camp

• Buraij refugee camp
• Dair al-Balah refugee camp
• Maghazi refugee camp
• Nusairat refugee camp

Individual evidence

1. ^ Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics: Statistical Yearbook 2015 . P. 26