Al-Mawasi
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Al-Mawasi | |
Arabic | المواسي |
Government | Village Council |
Governorate | Rafah |
Population | 1,400 (2006) |
Jurisdiction | dunams |
Al-Mawasi (Arabic: المواسي) is a Bedouin Palestinian town on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long, that prior to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005 existed as a Palestinian enclave within the Katif bloc of Israeli settlements. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in mid-year 2006.