Madinat al-Awda

Madinat al-Awda (Arabic: مَدينَة العودة) is a neighborhood of Gaza City, formerly a Palestinian village, which is located in the Gaza Governorate along the Mediterranean coast in between al-Shati Camp and al-Atatra. Its population in the 1997 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census was 420,^[1] rising to 590 in 2006.^[2] It is administered by a local development committee under the Palestinian National Authority.^[1] In 2022, after being integrated into Gaza City, the neighborhood had a population of 4,233.^[3]

Madinat al-Awda
Neighborhood
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	مَدينَة العودة
• Latin	Medinat el-Auda (official)
Interactive map of Madinat al-Awda
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Coordinates: 31°32′36″N 34°27′15″E
State	Palestine
Governorate	Gaza
City	Gaza City
Control	Israel Defense Forces
Population  (2022)
• Total	4,233

During the Gaza war, the neighborhood was occupied by the Israel Defense Forces.^[4]