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Gaza Strip Population: 1,657,155
Background
The September 1993 Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements provided for a transitional period of Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Under a series of agreements signed between May 1994 and September 1999, Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security and civilian responsibility for many Palestinian-populated areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Negotiations to determine the permanent status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip stalled following the outbreak of an intifada in September 2000. In April 2003, the Quartet (US, EU, UN, and Russia) presented a roadmap to a final settlement of the conflict by 2005 based on reciprocal steps by the two parties leading to two states, Israel and a democratic Palestine. Following Palestinian leader Yasir ARAFAT's death in late 2004, Mahmud ABBAS was elected PA president in January 2005. A month later, Israel and the PA agreed to the Sharm el-Sheikh Commitments in an effort to move the peace process forward. In September 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew all its settlers and soldiers and dismantled its military facilities in the Gaza Strip and withdrew settlers and redeployed soldiers from four small northern West Bank settlements. Nonetheless, Israel still controls maritime, airspace, and most access to the Gaza Strip; and it enforces a restricted zone along the border inside Gaza. In January 2006, the Islamic Resistance Movement, HAMAS, won control of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). HAMAS took control of the PA government in March 2006, but President ABBAS had little success negotiating with HAMAS to present a political platform acceptable to the international community so as to lift economic sanctions on Palestinians. Violent clashes between Fatah and HAMAS supporters in the Gaza Strip in 2006 and early 2007 resulted in numerous Palestinian deaths and injuries. In February 2007, ABBAS and HAMAS Political Bureau Chief MISHAL signed the Mecca Agreement in Saudi Arabia that resulted in the formation of a Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) headed by HAMAS member Ismail HANIYA. However, fighting continued in the Gaza Strip, and in June 2007, HAMAS militants succeeded in a violent takeover of all military and governmental institutions in the Gaza Strip. ABBAS dismissed the NUG and through a series of presidential decrees formed a PA government in the West Bank led by independent Salam FAYYAD. HAMAS rejected the NUG's dismissal, and despite multiple rounds of Egyptian-brokered reconciliation negotiations, the two groups have failed to bridge their differences. Late November 2007 through June 2008 witnessed a substantial increase in Israeli-Palestinian violence. An Egyptian-brokered truce in June 2008 between Israel and HAMAS brought about a five-month pause in hostilities, but spiraling end-of-year violence resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,100 to 1,400 Palestinians and left tens of thousands of people homeless. International donors pledged $4.5 billion in aid to rebuild the Gaza Strip, but by the end of 2010 large-scale reconstruction had not begun.
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Geography
Strategic strip of land along Mideast-North African trade routes has experienced an incredibly turbulent history; the town of Gaza itself has been besieged countless times in its history
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Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel
31 25 N, 34 20 E
total: 360 sq km land: 360 sq km water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
total: 62 km border countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km
40 km
see entry for Israel note: effective 3 January 2009 the Gaza maritime area is closed to all maritime traffic and is under blockade imposed by Israeli Navy until further notice
temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers
flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m highest point: Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Awdah) 105 m
arable land, natural gas
arable land: 29% permanent crops: 21% other: 50% (2002)
180 sq km; note - includes West Bank (2008)
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1,657,155 (July 2011 est.)
0-14 years: 43.9% (male 374,110/female 354,088) 15-64 years: 53.5% (male 453,253/female 432,855) 65 years and over: 2.6% (male 17,326/female 25,523) (2011 est.)
total: 17.7 years male: 17.5 years female: 17.9 years (2011 est.)
3.201% (2011 est.)
35.3 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
3.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
total: 17.12 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.25 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)
total population: 73.92 years male: 72.27 years female: 75.68 years (2011 est.)
4.74 children born/woman (2011 est.)
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Palestinian Arab
Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7%
Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.4% male: 96.7% female: 88% (2004 est.)
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conventional long form: none conventional short form: Gaza Strip local long form: none local short form: Qita' Ghazzah
Economy
High population density, limited land and sea access, continuing isolation, and strict internal and external security controls have degraded economic conditions in the Gaza Strip - the smaller of the two areas in the Palestinian Territories. Israeli-imposed crossings closures, which became more restrictive after HAMAS violently took over the territory in June 2007, and fighting between HAMAS and Israel during December 2008-January 2009, resulted in the near collapse of most of the private sector, extremely high unemployment, and high poverty rates. Shortages of goods are met through large-scale humanitarian assistance - led by UNRWA - and the HAMAS-regulated black market tunnel trade that flourishes under the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt. However, changes to the blockade in 2010 included moving from a white list - in which only approved items were allowed into Gaza through the crossings - to a black list, where all but non-approved items were allowed into Gaza through the crossings. Israeli authorities have recently signaled that exports from the territory might be possible in the future, but currently regular exports from Gaza are not permitted.
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see entry for West Bank
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see entry for West Bank
339,000 (2009)
agriculture: 12% industry: 5% services: 83% (June 2008)
40% (2010 est.) 40% (2009 est.)
70% (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 6% (2010 est.) 2.5% (2009 est.) note: includes West Bank
see entry for West Bank
olives, fruit, vegetables, flowers; beef, dairy products
textiles, food processing
see entry for West Bank
65,000 kWh (2009)
202,000 kWh (2009)
0 kWh (2008 est.)
120,000 kWh; note - from Israeli Electric Company (2009)
see entry for West Bank
see entry for West Bank
see entry for West Bank
see entry for West Bank
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
strawberries, carnations
see entry for West Bank
food, consumer goods note: Israel permits limited imports through crossings with Gaza, but many "dual use" goods, such as construction materials, are smuggled through tunnels beneath Gaza's border with Egypt
see entry for West Bank
new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar - 3.739 (2010) 3.9323 (2009) 3.56 (2008) 4.14 (2007) 4.4565 (2006)
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360,400 (includes West Bank) (2010) country comparison to the world: 109
2.405 million (includes West Bank) (2010)
general assessment: Gaza continues to repair the damage to its telecommunications infrastructure caused by fighting in 2009 domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed line services; the Palestinian JAWWAL company provides cellular services international: country code - 970 (2009)
.ps; note - same as West Bank
1.379 million (includes West Bank) (2009)
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1 (2010) country comparison to the world: 219
total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2010)
1 (2010)
note: see entry for West Bank
Gaza
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Palestinian Authority security forces have operated only in the West Bank, not in the Gaza Strip, since HAMAS seized power in June 2007; law and order and other security functions are performed by HAMAS security organizations (2008)
males age 16-49: 385,961 (2010 est.)
males age 16-49: 335,820 females age 16-49: 319,847 (2010 est.)
Ayman Abu Saleh
أيمن أبو صالح – معسكر دير البلح
قطاع غزة - فلسطين
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