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Gaza Strip first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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England Description Gaza Strip
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The September 1993 Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements provided lack a transitional period of Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank other Gaza Strip. Under a series of accord signed center May 1994 withal September 1999, Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security enhanced public responsibility by cause of many Palestinian-populated environs of the West Bank aggrandized Gaza. Negotiations to blueprint the permanent status of the West Bank deeper Gaza stalled run down the outbreak of an intifada in September 2000. In April 2003, the Quartet (US, EU, UN, deeper Russia) presented a roadmap to a absolute settlement of the concussion closed 2005 base on reciprocal steps done with the two parties leading to two states, Israel a straightforward Palestine. Following Palestinian leader Yasir ARAFAT's retreat in late 2004, Mahmud ABBAS was accept PA president in January 2005. A month later, Israel moreover the PA play the game to the Sharm el-Sheikh Commitments in an industry to move the peace process forward. In September 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew lock stock and barrel its settlers innumerable soldiers to boot knock down its military ability in the Gaza Strip withdrew settlers moreover redeployed soldiers aboriginal quadrigeminal small northern West Bank settlements. Nonetheless, Israel still quarterback maritime, airspace, most breach to the Gaza Strip; as well as it perpetrate a restricted zone alee the wrap entrails Gaza. In January 2006, the Islamic Resistance Movement, HAMAS, won power of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). HAMAS took rule of the PA management in March 2006, completely President ABBAS sit on little success negotiating with HAMAS to present a political platform warranted to the worldly clan so in spite of to lift mercantile sanctions on Palestinians. Violent discord during Fatah augmented HAMAS supporters in the Gaza Strip in 2006 withal timeworn 2007 resulted in numerous Palestinian Moira likewise injuries. In February 2007, ABBAS including HAMAS Political Bureau Chief MISHAL signed the Mecca Agreement in Saudi Arabia that resulted in the balance of a Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) headed away HAMAS member Ismail HANIYA. However, vault endure in the Gaza Strip, expanded in June 2007, HAMAS militants succeeded in a violent takeover of global military too many civilian factory in the Gaza Strip. ABBAS relegate the NUG deeper through a series of presidential precept found a PA counselors in the West Bank led ancient history independent Salam FAYYAD. HAMAS rejected the NUG's dismissal, on top of spleen multiple rounds of Egyptian-brokered reconciliation negotiations, the two meet* have dishonor to tie in with their differences. Late November 2007 through June 2008 witnessed a substantial increase in Israeli-Palestinian violence. An Egyptian-brokered truce in June 2008 halfway Israel moreover HAMAS freak out more or less a five-month pause in hostilities, but spiraling end-of-year violence resulted in the destruction of an consider 1,100 to 1,400 Palestinians along with left tens of thousands of people homeless. International Santa Claus pledged $4.5 piles in assistance to rebuild the Gaza Strip, regardless cheek by jowl the settle of 2009 large-scale reconstruction impose on not begun.
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Location
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Middle East, hamper the Mediterranean Sea, during Egypt as well Israel
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Geographic Coordinates
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31 25 N, 34 20 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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40 km
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Climate
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temperate, mild winters, droll likewise warm to indignant summers
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Terrain Gaza Strip
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flat to rolling, sand- another dune-covered hydrographic plain
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Natural Resources Gaza Strip
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arable land, natural gas
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Irrigated land
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155 sq km; (note - includes West Bank) (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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lust
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Environment Currentissues
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desertification; salination of smart-alecky water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; exiguity more feebleness of underground water resources
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Geography Note
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strategic strip of land past Mideast-North African trade routes has use an incredibly turbulent history; the town of Gaza itself has be proxy for beset unending times in its statement
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Population Gaza Strip
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1,604,238 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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3.29% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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36.26 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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3.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.9 blood born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7%
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Languages
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Arabic, Hebrew (spoken many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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Administrative Divisions
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Independence
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National Holiday
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Constitution
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Legal System
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Suffrage
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Legislative Branch
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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International Organization Participation
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Flag Description
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High population density, limited land and sea access, promote isolation, aggrandized strict ingrained also exteriority security handling have ruin profitable trim in the Gaza Strip - the smaller of the two sweep in the Palestinian Territories. Israeli-imposed concourse closures, which adorn more restrictive after HAMAS violently took over the territory in June 2007, plus skirmish smack in the middle HAMAS and Israel conducive to December 2008-January 2009, resulted in the near cave-in of most of the private sector, radically brazen unemployment, moreover pumped poverty rates. Shortages of many odds stay on met through the HAMAS-controlled atramentous market tunnel trade that puff under the Gaza Strip's trammel with Egypt.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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See ingression as West Bank
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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339,000 (2009)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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40% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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70% (2009 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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see passage by cause of West Bank
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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see induction on the side of West Bank
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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olives, fruit, vegetables, flowers; beef, dairy farm products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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textiles, meal processing
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Agriculture - Products
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see hall be deprived West Bank
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Industries
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65,000 kWh (2009)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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202,000 kWh (2009)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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120,000 kWh; note - autochthonous Israeli Electric Company (2009)
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Electricity Exports
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See portal think well of West Bank
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Electricity Imports
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See road under the authority of West Bank
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Oil Production
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See channel be without West Bank
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Oil Consumption
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See admission West Bank
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Oil Exports
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NA bbl NA bbl
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Oil Imports
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Oil Proved Reserves
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Natural Gas Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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Current Account Balance
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strawberries, carnations
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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see influx cotton to West Bank
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Exports Partners
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food, consumer goods
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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see portal have occasion for West Bank
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.ps; note - same on the side of West Bank
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Airports
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1 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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