Al-Mawasi
| Al-Mawasi |
| Other transcription(s) |
| • Arabic |
المواصي |
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Location of Al-Mawasi within the Palestinian territories
|
| Coordinates: |
| Governorate |
Rafah |
| Government |
| • Type |
Village Council |
| Population (2006) |
| • Jurisdiction |
1,400 |
Al-Mawasi (Arabic: المواصي) 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.
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