Al-Mawasi, Rafah
Al-Mawasi | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | المواصي |
An aerial view of the Al-Mawasi area where displaced Palestinians live in tents, January 2025 | |
Location of Al-Mawasi within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°19′44″N 34°13′48″E / 31.32889°N 34.23000°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Rafah |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 9,000 |
• Estimate (2025) | 700,000 |
Al-Mawasi (Arabic: المواصي) is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. Al-Mawasi is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. It is a Palestinian Bedouin town and prior to the 2005 unilateral Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, it was a Palestinian enclave within the Israeli settlements of Gush Katif. Al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in the middle of 2006. Prior to the Gaza war, al-Mawasi had a population of 9,000. It has a number of buildings with a maximum of 100 structures.