Al-Mawasi | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | المواصي |
  Al-Mawasi 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 (2006) | |
| • Total | 1,400 |
Al-Mawasi (Arabic: المواصي) is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip,[1] approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long. Prior to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005, it existed as a Palestinian enclave within the Katif bloc of Israeli settlements.[citation needed] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in mid-year 2006.[citation needed]
- ^ Roskin, Joel; Taxel, Itamar (2021-09-01). ""He who revives dead land": groundwater harvesting agroecosystems in sand along the southeastern Mediterranean coast since early medieval times". Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews. 3 (3): 293–318. doi:10.1007/s42990-021-00058-5. ISSN 2661-8648.