| Statistic & Fact |
Value |
| Distance from district center |
3 km northeast Gaza |
| Average elevation |
50 meters |
| Land ownership |
| Ethnic Group |
Land Ownership (Dunums) |
| Arab |
16,051 |
| Jewish |
1,917 |
| Public |
2,057 |
| Total |
20,025 |
|
| Land usage in 1945 |
| Land Usage Type |
Arab (Dunum) |
Jewish (Dunum) |
| Area planted w/ citrus |
2,768 |
0 |
| Irrigated & Plantation |
324 |
373 |
| Planted W/ Cereal |
11,954 |
1,232 |
| Built up |
39 |
20 |
| Cultivable |
15,046 |
1,605 |
| Non-Cultivable |
3,023 |
292 |
|
| Lands usurped within armistice area |
7,762 Dunums |
| Population |
| Year |
Population |
| 1922 |
885 |
| 1945 |
1,730 (50 Jewish) |
| 1961 |
3,876 |
| 1997 |
20,791 |
| 2005 |
30,770 |
| 2007 |
33,439 |
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