Madinat al-Awda

Madinat al-Awda (Arabic: مَدينَة العودة) is a Palestinian village in the Gaza Governorate located in the northwestern suburbs of Gaza City along the Mediterranean coast and between al-Shati Camp and al-Atatra. Its population in the 1997 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census was 420,[2] rising to 590 in 2006.[3] It is administered by a local development committee under the Palestinian National Authority.[2]

Madinat al-Awda
Local Development Committee
Arabic transcription(s)
  Arabicمَدينَة العودة
  LatinMedinat el-Auda (official)
Madinat al-Awda
Location of Madinat al-Awda within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°31′50″N 34°26′49″E
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateGaza
ControlIsrael Defense Forces[1]
Government
  TypeLocal Development Committee
Population
 (2006)
  Total590

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