Deir al-Balah

Deir el-Balah or Dayr al-Balah () is locatit in the central Gaza Strip an is the caipital or muhfaza (seat) o the Deir el-Balah Govrenorate. Accordin tae the Palestinian Central Bureau o Statistics, the ceety haed a population o 49,751 in mid-year 2006.Projected Mid -Year Population  for Deir al Balah Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of StatisticsProfile: Gaza Strip, BBC News Online, 27 June 2006, accessed 8 May 2007.

Well-kent for its beaches an date palms, recent aircheological excavations uncovered a cemetery datin back tae the late Bronze Age filled wi pottery, tombs, bronze pots an a mosaic floor. Deir al-Balah an aw contains a monastery biggit bi St. Helena in 372 AD.

Mayors
 Ahmad Kurd
 Sami Abu Salim

Notes

Freemit airtins
 Map of the Deir-al Balah Governorate 

Category:Ceeties in Palestine
Category:Deir al-Balah Govrenorate