page_title: Khan Yunis
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Khan Yunis / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Southern facade of the Yunis Caravansary (khan) — in the settlement of Khan Yunis. Constructed by the emir Yunus al-Nûrûzi in 1387-1388, during the Burji Dynasty of the Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt (1250 CE to 1517). 1930s image, when in the southwestern British Mandate of Palestine. In the present day Khan Yunis is located in the southern Gaza Strip. العربية: الواجهة الجنوبية للكاروانسراي (خان) يونس في مدينة خان يونس. يعرف الخان اليوم باسم قلعة برقوق. بناها الأمير يونس النوروزي عام 1387-1388، خلال عهد سلالة المماليك البرجية الإسلامية في مصر (1250م إلى 1517م). الصورة من ثلاثينيات القرن الماضي عندما كانت فلسطين ومن ضمنها مدينة خانيونس الواقعة جنوبي غرب البلاد تحت الانتداب البريطاني. تقع خان يونس اليوم في جنوب قطاع غزة.
context_page_description: Khan Yunis is a city in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Khan Yunis had a population of 142,637 in 2007 and 202,000 in 2010 and 350,000 in 2012. Khan Yunis, which lies only 4 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, has a semi-arid climate with temperature of 30 degrees Celsius maximum in summer and 10 degrees Celsius maximum in winter, with an annual rainfall of approximately 260 mm.
  The Constituency of Khan Yunis had five members on the Palestinian Legislative Council. Following the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, there were three Hamas members, including Yunis al-Astal; and two Fatah members, including Mohammed Dahlan. The city is now under the Hamas administration of Gaza.
caption: The southern part of the historic khan at Khan Yunis, 1930s
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