Chan Yunis Governorate

محافظة خان يونس Chan Yunis Governorate
Basic data
Country	State of Palestine
Capital	Chan Yunis
surface	108 km²
Residents	341,393 (2015)
density	3161 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PS-KYS

Coordinates: 31 ° 21 '  N , 34 ° 18'  E

The Khan Yunis Governorate ( Arabic محافظة خان يونس, DMG Muḥāfaẓat Ḫān Yūnis ) is an administrative district of the Palestinian Authority or the State of Palestine in the southern part of the Gaza Strip . The district city is the city of Chan Yunis . According to the Palestinian Central Statistical Office, the population of the governorate rose from 269,601 in mid-2005 to 341,393 in 2015.

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The governorate has around 280,000 inhabitants. The area is 69.61 percent urban and 12.8 percent rural. The remaining 17.57 percent is claimed by the Chan Yunis refugee camp.

Cities

• Abasan al-Kabira
• Bani Suhaila
• Chan Yunis (district town)
• Abasan al-Saghira
• Chuz'a
• al-Qarara
• al-Fuchari
• Qa 'al-Charaba
• Qa 'al-Qurain
• Qizan an-Najar
• Umm Kumail
• Umm al-Kilab

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Projected Mid-Year Population for Khan Yunis Governorate by Locality 2004-2006 ( Memento from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics: Statistical Yearbook 2015 . P. 26