Madinat al-Awda

Madinat al-Awda
Neighborhood
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمَدينَة العودة
 • LatinMedinat el-Auda (official)
Interactive map of Madinat al-Awda
Madinat al-Awda
Location of Madinat al-Awda within Palestine
Madinat al-Awda
Location in Gaza Strip
Madinat al-Awda
Location in Gaza City
Coordinates: 31°32′36″N 34°27′15″E / 31.54333°N 34.45417°E / 31.54333; 34.45417
StatePalestine
GovernorateGaza
CityGaza City
ControlIsrael Defense Forces
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
4,233

Madinat al-Awda (Arabic: مَدينَة العودة) is a neighborhood of Gaza City, formerly a Palestinian village, which is located in the Gaza Governorate along the Mediterranean coast in between al-Shati Camp and al-Atatra. Its population in the 1997 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census was 420,[1] rising to 590 in 2006.[2] It is administered by a local development committee under the Palestinian National Authority.[1] In 2022, after being integrated into Gaza City, the neighborhood had a population of 4,233.[3]

During the Gaza war, the neighborhood was occupied by the Israel Defense Forces.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Madinat al-Awda Profile". Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC).
  2. ^ "Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status". Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Archived from the original on 7 January 2008.
  3. ^ "الخطة التنموية المحلية لمدينة غزة (2019-2022)" [The local development plan for Gaza City - 2019-2022] (PDF) (in Arabic). Municipality of Gaza. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2025.
  4. ^ Haddad, Mohammed (2023-10-23). "Mapping Gaza's neighbourhoods flattened by non-stop Israeli bombings". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-02-12.