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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Jabalia, also known by its native label جَبَاليا, is a village located in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The settlement shares a border with the Jabalia Refugee Camp. It is situated at an elevation of 35 meters above sea level and operates within the UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00 time zones.
The village has a population of 9,000. Its postal code is 00972. An official website for the locality is available at jabalia.ps.
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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
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Gaza
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- City
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- 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.
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