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(Redirected from Abu Middein) Municipality type C in Gaza, State of Palestine
al-Mughraqa
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالمغراقة
 • LatinAbu Middein (official)
al-Mughraqa is located in State of Palestineal-Mughraqaal-MughraqaLocation of al-Mughraqa within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′03.00″N 34°24′35.00″E / 31.4675000°N 34.4097222°E / 31.4675000; 34.4097222
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateGaza
ControlIsrael defence forces
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityYousef Abu Hweishel
Area
 • Total3,260 dunams (3.3 km or 1.3 sq mi)
Population
 • Total11,458
 • Density3,500/km (9,000/sq mi)

Al-Mughraqa (Arabic: المغراقة, also known as Abu Middein) is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip, located six kilometers southwest of Gaza City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Mughraqa had a population of 11,458 in 2017. The town's alternate name, "Abu Middein" derives from the Bedouin Abu Middein tribe that inhabits the area, part of the larger al-Hanajreh tribal confederation.

In 1996, a Bronze Age settlement dating to the early 2nd millennium BC was discovered in the town and named al-Moghraqa.

References

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  2. ^ Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. Roy, Sara. The Gaza Strip: the political economy of de development. Institute for Palestine Studies, 1995. p.19. ISBN 0887282601
  4. Steel, Louise; Clarke, Joanne; Sadeq, Moain; Manley, Bill; McCarthy, Andrew; Munro, R. Neil (2004), "Gaza Research Project. Report on the 1999 and 2000 seasons at al-Moghraqa", Levant, 36: 37–88, doi:10.1179/lev.2004.36.1.37
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