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The Gaza Strip is 41 km (25 mi) long, from 6 to 12 km (3.7 to 7.5 mi) wide, and has a total area of 365 km 2 (141 sq mi). [ 26 ] [ 8 ] It has a 51 km (32 mi) border with Israel , and an 11 km (7 mi) border with Egypt , near the city of Rafah .
The Gaza Strip is 45 km (25 miles) long and at most 10 km (6 miles) wide. It is wedged between Israel to the north and east, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to the south and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
The Gaza Strip has been put under a strict blockade, by land, air, and sea. [4] Having total surface area of 362 square kilometers, [5] the transportation system in the strip is in poor condition with only 76 kilometres (47 mi) of main roads, 122 kilometres (76 mi) of regional roads, and 99 kilometres (62 mi) of local roads. [4]
The terrain of the Gaza Strip is flat or rolling, with dunes near the coast. The highest point is Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Auda), at 105 m (344 ft) above sea level. The terrain of the West Bank is mostly rugged dissected upland, with some vegetation in the west, but somewhat barren in the east.
The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Occupied in turn by the Ottoman Empire and ...
The U.N. estimates that most of Gaza’s 2.2 million people are now confined to an area of roughly 15 square miles — about two-thirds the size of Manhattan — causing crowded conditions and a ...
Land boundaries: Officially undefined, figures given are the de facto boundaries of the Green Line as they apply to the West Bank and Gaza Strip (See also Israeli West Bank barrier, Israeli Gaza Strip barrier and the Seam Zone) Total: 466 km (290 mi) Israel 358 km (222 mi) Jordan 97 km (60 mi) Egypt 11 km (6.8 mi)
The strip is 25 miles (40 kilometers) long by some 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide, and Israeli troops are spread throughout the northern third. More than 2 million people, the majority of Gaza’s ...