Location: Middle East, bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel

Map references: Middle East

Area:
total area: 360 sq km
land area: 360 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: total 62 km, Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Coastline: 40 km

Maritime claims: Israeli occupied with status to be determined

International disputes: West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli occupied with interim status subject to Israeli/Palestinian negotiations - final status to be determined

Climate: temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers

Terrain: flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain

Natural resources: negligible

Land use:
arable land: 13%
permanent crops: 32%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 55%

Irrigated land: 200 sq km

Environment:
current issues: desertification
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: NA

Note: there are 24 Jewish settlements and civilian land use sites in the Gaza Strip (April 1994)

NOTE: The information regarding Gaza Strip on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Gaza Strip Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Gaza Strip Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.