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Gaza Strip

1990 Edition — disputed

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Communications
Airports [time series]
1 with permanent-surface runway less than 1,220 m
Roadways (Highways) [time series]
small, poorly developed indigenous road network
Ports [time series]
facilities for small boats to service Gaza
Railways (Railroads) [time series]
one line, abandoned and in disrepair, but trackage remains
Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]
stations--no AM, no FM, no TV
Defense Forces
Military and security forces (Branches) [time series]
NA
Military expenditures (Defense expenditures) [time series]
NA
Military manpower [time series]
NA
Economy
Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]
olives, citrus and other fruits, vegetables, beef, dairy products
Aid [time series]
none
Budget [time series]
revenues $36.6 million; expenditures $32.0 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1986)
Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]
new Israeli shekel (plural--shekels); 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot
Electricity [time series]
power supplied by Israel
Exchange rates [time series]
new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1--1.9450 (January 1990), 1.9164 (1989), 1.5989 (1988), 1.5946 (1987), 1.4878 (1986), 1.1788 (1985)
Exports [time series]
$88 million; commodities--citrus; partners--Israel, Egypt (1989 est.)
Debt - external (External debt) [time series]
$NA
Fiscal year [time series]
1 April-March 31
GNP [time series]
$380 million, per capita $650; real growth rate NA% (1988)
Imports [time series]
$260 million; commodities--food, consumer goods, construction materials; partners--Israel, Egypt (1989 est.)
Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]
growth rate NA%
Industries [time series]
generally small family businesses that produce cement, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center
Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]
NA%
Economic overview (Overview) [time series]
Nearly half of the labor force of the Gaza Strip is employed across the border by Israeli industrial, construction, and agricultural enterprises, with worker transfer funds accounting for 40% of GNP in 1989. The once dominant agricultural sector now contributes only 13% to GNP, about the same as that of the construction sector, and industry accounts for 7%. Gaza depends upon Israel for 90% of its imports and as a market for 80% of its exports. Unrest in the territory in 1988-89 (intifadah) has raised unemployment and substantially lowered the incomes of the population.
Unemployment rate [time series]
NA%
Geography
Climate [time series]
temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers
Coastline [time series]
40 km
Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]
slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
Disputes - international (Disputes) [time series]
Israeli occupied with status to be determined
Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]
desertification
Land boundaries [time series]
62 km total; Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km
Land use [time series]
13% arable land, 32% permanent crops, 0% meadows and pastures, 0% forest and woodland, 55% other
Maritime claims [time series]
Israeli occupied with status to be determined
Natural resources [time series]
negligible
Note [time series]
there are 18 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip
Terrain [time series]
flat to rolling, sand and dune covered coastal plain
Area (Total area) [time series]
380km2; land area: 380 km2
Government
Country name (Long-form name) [time series]
none
Note [time series]
The Gaza Strip is currently governed by Israeli military authorities and Israeli civil administration. It is US policy that the final status of the Gaza Strip will be determined by negotiations among the concerned parties. These negotiations will determine how this area is to be governed.
People
Birth rate [time series]
47 births/1,000 population (1990)
Death rate [time series]
7 deaths/1,000 population (1990)
Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]
99.8% Palestinian Arab and other, 0.2% Jewish
Infant mortality rate [time series]
55 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)
Labor force [time series]
(excluding Israeli Jewish settlers) 32.0% small industry, commerce and business, 24.4% construction, 25.5% service and other, and 18.1% agriculture (1984)
Languages (Language) [time series]
Arabic, Israeli settlers speak Hebrew, English widely understood
Life expectancy at birth [time series]
63 years male, 66 years female (1990)
Literacy [time series]
NA%
Nationality [time series]
NA
Net migration rate [time series]
- 7 migrants/1,000 population (1990)
Organized labor [time series]
NA
Population [time series]
615,575 (July 1990), growth rate 3.2% (1990); in addition, there are 2,500 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip
Religions (Religion) [time series]
99% Muslim (predominantly Sunni), 0.7% Christian, 0.3% Jewish
Total fertility rate [time series]
7.0 children born/woman (1990)