Question: Rashad al-Shawwa was the Palestinian mayor of  a city that has been inhabited since what century?

full_context: Document 1: Gaza City: Gaza ( ; Arabic: غزة‎ ‎ "Ġazzah ", ] ; Hebrew: עזה‎ ‎ "'Azzah "), also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of 515,556, making it the largest city in the State of Palestine. Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC, Gaza has been dominated by several different peoples and empires throughout its history. The Philistines made it a part of their pentapolis after the Ancient Egyptians had ruled it for nearly 350 years.
Document 2: Rimal: Rimal or Remal (Arabic: حي الرمال‎ ‎ ) (meaning "sands" in Arabic) is an area in Gaza City located 3 km from the city center. Situated along the coastline, it has been considered the most prosperous neighborhood of Gaza. The main street that runs through Gaza, Omar Mukhtar Street runs northwest-southeast in the district and the main coastal road, Ahmad Orabi/Rasheed Street northeast-southwest. Rimal is currently divided into the city districts of Southern Rimal and Northern Rimal.
Document 3: Sa'id al-Shawwa: Hajj Sa'id al-Shawwa (Arabic: الحـاج سعيد الشوا‎ ‎ ) (1868–October 1930) was a Palestinian Arab politician and the first mayor of Gaza, serving from 1906 to 1917. He was also one of the most influential members of the Supreme Muslim Council from 1921 until his death. He was an opponent of British mandatory rule in Palestine, supporting the Ottomans during World War I and later the nationalist Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husayni.
Document 4: Ghassan Shakaa: Ghassan Shakaa (Arabic: غسان الشكعة‎ ‎ , Ghassān Shak’ā ) (born 1943) is the mayor of Nablus since October 2012, one of the largest cities in the West Bank. Another former Nablus mayor, Bassam Shaka, is his uncle. Shakaa was appointed to his position by Yasser Arafat. His brother was assassinated by a still unknown group. Shakaa published an open letter in which he called for the Palestinian National Authority to restore order to his politically divided city.
Document 5: Rashad Shawa Cultural Center: The Rashad Shawa Cultural Center is a cultural center that was built in 1985, in Rimal, Gaza, Palestine. The place was named after Rashad al-Shawa, the city's Palestinian mayor who served in office for 11 years. The building was completed 1988.
Document 6: Hasan Raza Pasha: Hasan Raza Pasha is a prominent lawyer of chakwal who was elected as Chairman Executive of Punjab Bar Council. His father was also a prominent lawyer Previously he has been elected as Member Punjab Bar Council. Mr. Pasha was Justice of Lahore High Court.
Document 7: Rashaida people: The Rashaida, Rashaayda or "Bani Rashid" (Arabic: بني رشيد, الرشايدة‎ ‎ ) is a tribe of ethnic Bedouin Arabs descending from Banu Abs native to the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. They currently inhabit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Palestine, Jordan, Eritrea, Sudan, Libya and Tunisia. In 1846, many Rashaida migrated from the Hejaz region in present-day Saudi Arabia into what is now Sudan, Kuwait, Ras Al Khaimah and Umm Al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates after tribal warfare had broken out in their homeland. They are present in other Arab countries too, such as Egypt, Libya, Palestine. Large numbers of Bani Rasheed are also found on the Arabian Peninsula.
Document 8: Byblos: Byblos, in Arabic Jubayl (Arabic: جبيل‎ ‎   ] ; Phoenician: 𐤂𐤁𐤋 "Gebal"), is a Mediterranean city in the <a href="Mount%20Lebanon%20Governorate">Mount Lebanon Governorate</a>, <a href="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>. It is believed to have been occupied first between 8800 and 7000 BC, and according to fragments attributed to the semi-legendary pre-Homeric Phoenician priest Sanchuniathon, it was built by Cronus as the first city in Phoenicia. It is one of the cities suggested as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world and the site has been continuously inhabited since 5000 BC. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Document 9: Al-Shati Camp: Al-Shati (Arabic: مخيّم الشاطئ‎ ‎ ), also known as Beach camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the northern Gaza Strip along the Mediterranean Sea coastline in the Gaza Governorate, and more specifically Gaza City. The camp's total land area consists of 727 dunums. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Shati had a population of 87,158 inhabitants in mid-year 2006, while the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reports a population of 78,800 registered refugees. The camp is the third largest refugee camp in the Palestinian Territories.
Document 10: Israeli–Palestinian conflict in Hebron: The Israeli–Palestinian conflict in Hebron refers to an ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Hebron has a Palestinian majority, consisting of an estimated 208,750 citizens (2015) and a small Jewish minority, variously numbered between 500 and 800. The H1 sector of Hebron, home to around 170,000 Palestinians, is governed by the Palestinian Authority. H2, which was inhabited by around 30,000 Palestinians is under Israeli military control with an entire brigade in place to protect some 800 Jewish residents living in the old Jewish quarter. As of 2015, Israel has declared that special areas of Hebron's old Quarter constitute a closed military zone. Palestinians shops have been forced to close; despite protests Palestinian women are reportedly frisked by men, and residents, who are subjected every day to repeated body searches, must register to obtain special permits to navigate through the 18 military checkpoints Israel has set up in the city center.
Document 11: Gaza Empire: The Gaza Empire (1824–1895) was an African empire established by the powerful general Soshangane and was located in southeastern Africa in the area of southern Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe. The Gaza Empire, at its height in the 1860s, covered all of Mozambique between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.
Document 12: Cairo: Cairo ( ; Arabic: القاهرة‎ ‎ "al-Qāhirah ", , Coptic: "Kahire ") is the capital and largest city of Egypt. The city's metropolitan area is the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world, and the 15th-largest in the world, and is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, modern Cairo was founded in 969 CE by the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo has long been a center of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture. Cairo is considered a World City with a "Beta +" classification according to GaWC.
Document 13: Yasser Arafat: Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa ( ; Arabic: محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات‎ ‎ ‎ ; 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat (Arabic: ياسر عرفات‎ ‎  , "Yāsir `Arafāt ") or by his kunya Abu Ammar (Arabic: أبو عمار‎ ‎  , "'Abū `Ammār "), was a Palestinian political leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. Ideologically an Arab nationalist, he was a founding member of the Fatah political party, which he led from 1959 until 2004.
Document 14: Jericho: Jericho ( ; Arabic: أريحا‎ ‎ "Arīḥā " ] ; Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ‎ "Yeriḥo ") is a city in the Palestinian Territories and is located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate, and is governed by the Fatah faction of the Palestinian National Authority. In 2007, it had a population of 18,346. The city was occupied by Jordan from 1949 to 1967, and has been held under Israeli occupation since 1967; administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994. It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and the city with the oldest known protective wall in the world. It was thought to have the oldest stone tower in the world as well, but excavations at Tell Qaramel in Syria have discovered stone towers that are even older.
Document 15: Rashad al-Shawwa: Rashad al-Shawwa (Arabic: رشاد الشوا‎ ‎ ) (1909 - 28 September 1988) was the Palestinian mayor of Gaza for eleven years from 1971 to 1982. Before becoming mayor he was an outgoing local activist in the city. He was known by Israelis and Palestinians as the pro-Jordanian "father figure" of the Gaza Strip. He is the father of artist Laila Shawwa.
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