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Where does Gaza mean?
Gaza is the largest city in Gaza, a Palestinian state.

Gaza, the largest city in Gaza. Gaza is close to the Egyptian border and the Mediterranean Sea, and communicates with the coast through a gap in the sand dune belt, covering an area of about 365 square kilometers. 202 1 year population is about 2 1 10,000, mainly Palestinians and other Arabs.

Gaza is an arid area, one third of the land is sand dunes, and the water source is relatively poor, so agriculture relies on well irrigation. Citrus is mainly grown. Besides agriculture, Gaza also has some pottery, food and textile industries. Thousands of Palestinians go to Gaza to work every day. These people are mainly engaged in heavy manual labor such as construction and handling. There are 65,438+045 schools in Gaza, including a branch of Azhar University, a famous Egyptian Islamic university, and an Islamic university.

Brief introduction of Palestine

The State of Palestine (Arabic: English: Palestine), referred to as "Palestine" for short, is a country located in the Middle East and West Asia, which is mainly divided into two parts: the West Bank and the Gaza Strip: the Gaza Strip covers an area of 365 square kilometers, the West Bank covers an area of 5,884 square kilometers, and the actual controlled territory is 2,500 square kilometers.

According to the map drawn by the Palestinian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation1June 1997, the West Bank is divided into eight provinces, Gaza is divided into five provinces, and Jerusalem (statutory) and Ramallah (actual) are the capitals. As of June 2022, the Palestinian population was about13.5 million, of which the population in Gaza and the West Bank was 5.23 million (in 2000).

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Palestine