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Khan Yunis
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City in Gaza Strip, State of Palestine
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Khan Yunis is a city in the Gaza Strip, serving as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate. The city has a population of 142,637 and is situated at an elevation of 42 meters. Its official language is Arabic, and it is located in the Asia/Gaza timezone. The city was established in 1389 and is named after a caravanserai and Jonah.
Notable individuals associated with Khan Yunis include Mohammed Shabir and Yahya Sinwar. The city has been the site of significant events, including the Khan Yunis massacre, the occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United Arab Republic, the Gaza war, and the Siege of Khan Yunis. Khan Yunis is twinned with Palermo, Hamar Municipality, Almuñécar, and Évry.
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Place details
- Locality
- خان يونس
- Region
- قطاع غزة
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 173,183
- Timezone
- Asia/Gaza
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Encyclopedic overview
Khan Yunis (Arabic: خان يونس, lit. 'khan (caravanserai) [of] Yunis'), also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and serves as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate. It has been largely destroyed during the Gaza war.
Before the 14th century, Khan Yunis was a village known as "Salqah". A vast caravanserai, today known as Barquq Castle, was constructed there by the emir Yunis al-Nawruzi in 1387–88, an official of the Mamluk Empire to protect caravans, pilgrims, and travellers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khan Yunis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.