Jabalia
Sign in to saveJabalia, also spelled Jabalya (), is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, located north of Gaza City, in the North Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Jabalia had a population of 172,704 in 2017. In addition to Jabalia, the city municipality contains the Jabalia refugee camp and the town of Nazla, the latter of which was an independent village council before being merged with Jabalia.
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Place details
- Locality
- جباليا
- Region
- قطاع غزة
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 168,568
- Timezone
- Asia/Gaza
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jabalia
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Jabalya (official)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type A (City)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Images of war 23-25 from Gaza, by Jaber Badwen, IMG 6099.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ruins of Jabalia, in February 2025
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Jabalia within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 100/103
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- جباليا
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Gaza Strip
- Population
- +9000
- Elevation
- +35
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Jabalia Refugee Camp
- Official website
- www.jabalia.ps
- Image
- مجموعة صور لقطاع غزة قبل الحرب الأخيرة 17.jpg
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- History
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate era
- Post-1948
- Gaza war
- Demographics
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Jabalia, also spelled Jabalya (), is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, located north of Gaza City, in the North Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Jabalia had a population of 172,704 in 2017. In addition to Jabalia, the city municipality contains the Jabalia refugee camp and the town of Nazla, the latter of which was an independent village council before being merged with Jabalia.
==History== From the 1st century CE to the 3rd century CE, during the Roman period, there was a cemetery in use at Jabalia; archaeologists named it the Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis. The burials may have included high-status officials.