Gaza
Gaza (Arabic: غزة Ghazza, Template:IPA-ar; Ebreu: עזה "Azza", Template:IPA-he; also referred to as Gaza Ceety) is a Palestinian ceety in the Gaza Strip, wi a population o aboot 410,000, makin it the lairgest ceety in the State o Palestine.
The primary economic activities o Gaza are sma-scale industries, agriculture an labor. However, the economy haes been devastatit bi the blockade an recurrin conflicts. Most o Gaza's inhabitants adhere tae Islam, although there exists a Christian minority. Gaza haes a vera young population wi roughly 75% being unner the age o 25, an today the ceety haes ane o the heichest population densities in the warld—refugees make up ower hauf o the residents.
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[edit] Etymology
Accordin tae Zev Vilnay, the name "Gaza," frae the Arabic "Ġazza", oreeginally derives frae the Canaanite/Ebreu ruit for "strang" (ʕZZ), an wis introduced tae Arabic bi way o the Ebreu, "ʕazzā", i.e. "the strang ane (f.)"; cpr. English stronghold. Accordin tae Mariam Shahin, the Canaanites gave Gaza its name, the Auncient Egyptians cawed it "Ghazzat" ("prized ceety"), an the Arabs aften refer tae it as "Ghazzat Hashim", in honor o Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, the great-grandfaither o Muhammad, who is buried in the ceety, accordin tae Islamic lore.
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns an sister ceeties
Gaza is twinned wi:
[edit] Freemit airtins
