Gaza Governorate

محافظة غزة Gaza Governorate
Basic data
Country	State of Palestine
Capital	Gaza city
surface	70 km²
Residents	625,824 (2015)
density	8940 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PS-GZA
politics
governor	Abdallah Frangi
Political party	Fatah
View of the port of Gaza

Coordinates: 31 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E

The Gaza Governorate ( Arabic محافظة غزة, DMG Muḥāfaẓat Ġazza ) is one of five administrative districts of the Palestinian Authority or the State of Palestine in the Gaza Strip . The district city is the city of Gaza City . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the population of the governorate rose from 487,904 in mid-2005 to 625,824 in 2015.

All seats in parliament were won by Hamas in the January 2006 election.

Cities

• Gaza City (District City )
• Dschuhur ad-Dik
• Madinat al-Awda
• al-Mughraqa ( Abu Middain )

Refugee camp

• Ash Shati refugee camp

Individual evidence

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