Al-Zahra'
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Al-Zahra' is a Palestinian
municipality in the Gaza Governorate
, south of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip
. It's the home of the University of Palestine. In 2009, it had a population of 3,085. There were 837 housing units and 237 other buildings in the town.
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
municipality in the Gaza Governorate
Gaza Governorate
The Gaza Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority located in the north central Gaza Strip which is administered by the Palestinian National Authority aside from its border with Israel, airspace and maritime territory. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau...
, south of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
. It's the home of the University of Palestine. In 2009, it had a population of 3,085. There were 837 housing units and 237 other buildings in the town.