Al-Fukhari
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Al-Fukhari (, also spelled al-Fokari or al-Fukhkhari) is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip, located between Khuza'a and Rafah. It sits on the eastern side of the Sufa Crossing road, just west of the border with Israel.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Fukhari
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- al-Fukhkhari (official)al-Fokhari (unofficial)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type D (Village council)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine Gaza Strip#Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of al-Fukhari within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Khan Yunis
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- Village council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hasan al-Amouri
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Khan Yunis Governorate
- Population
- 6443
- Elevation
- 68
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- postal code
- 960
- native label
- الفخاري
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Encyclopedic overview
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Al-Fukhari (, also spelled al-Fokari or al-Fukhkhari) is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip, located between Khuza'a and Rafah. It sits on the eastern side of the Sufa Crossing road, just west of the border with Israel.
In the 1997 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), it had a population of 2,616, rising to an estimated 6,443 in 2017. During the 2005 Palestinian municipal elections, the Fatah party and Independents won the majority of seats in al-Fukhari's municipal council. The town's mayor is Hasan al-Amouri.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Fukhari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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