Statistical information Gaza Strip 1992Gaza%20Strip

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Gaza Strip - Introduction 1992
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Background: The Gaza Strip has been occupied by israel since 1967.


Gaza Strip - Geography 1992
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Location

Geographic coordinates

Map reference

Area
Total: 380 km²
Land: 380 km²
Comparative: slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 62 km; Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km

Coastline: 40 km

Maritime claims: Israeli occupied with status to be determined
Disputes: Israeli occupied with status to be determined

Climate: temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers

Terrain: flat to rolling, sand- and dune- covered coastal plain

Elevation

Natural resources: negligible
Land use

Land use: arable land: 13%, permanent crops: 32%, meadows and pastures 0%, forest and woodland 0%, other 55%

Irrigated land

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Gaza Strip - People 1992
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Population: 681,026 (July 1992), growth rate 3.6% (1992; in addition, there are 4,000 Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip (1992 est.)

Nationality: NA

Ethnic groups: Palestinian Arab and other 99.8%, Jewish 0.2%

Languages: Arabic, Israeli settlers speak Hebrew; English widely understood

Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99%, Christian 0.7%, Jewish 0.3%

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate

Birth rate: 46 births/1000 population (1992)

Death rate: 6 deaths/1000 population (1992)

Net migration rate: - 4 migrants/1000 population (1992)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: desertification
Current issues note:
The war between Israel and the Arab states in June 1967 ended with
Israel in control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Sinai, and the
Golan Heights. As stated in the 1978 Camp David accords and reaffirmed by
President Bush's post - Gulf crisis peace initiative, the final status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, their relationship with their neighbors, and a peace treaty be-tween Israel and Jordan are to be negotiated among the concerned parties. Camp David further specifies that these negotiations will resolve the respective boundaries. Pending the completion of this process, it is US policy that the final status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip has yet to be determined. In the US view, the term West Bank describes all of the area west of the Jordan River under Jordanian administration before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. With respect to negotiations envisaged in the framework agreement, however, it is US policy that a distinction must be made between Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank because of the city's special status and circumstances. Therefore, a negotiated solution for the final status of Jerusalem could be different in character from that of the rest of the West Bank.


Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 41 deaths/1000 live births (1992)

Life expectancy at birth: 66 years male, 68 years female (1992)

Total fertility rate: 6.9 children born/woman (1992)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Gaza Strip - Government 1992
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Country name
Conventional long form: none

Government type

Capital

Administrative divisions

Dependent areas

Independence

National holiday

Constitution

Legal system

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage

Executive branch

Legislative branch

Judicial branch

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation

Diplomatic representation

Flag descriptionflag of Gaza%20Strip

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Gaza Strip - Economy 1992
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Economy overview:
In 1990 roughly 40% of Gaza Strip workers were employed across the border by Israeli industrial, construction, and agricultural enterprises, with worker remittances accounting for about one-third of GNP.
The construction, agricultural, and industrial sectors account for about 15%, 12%, and 8% of GNP, respectively. Gaza depends upon Israel for some 90% of its external trade. Unrest in the territory in 1988-92 (intifadah) has raised unemployment and substantially lowered the standard of living of
Gazans. The Persian Gulf crisis and its aftershocks also have dealt severe blows to Gaza since August 1990. Worker remittances from the Gulf states have plunged, unemployment has increased, and exports have fallen dramatically. The area's economic outlook remains bleak.

GNP: exchange rate conversion - $380 million, per capita $590; real growth rate - 30% (1991 est.)

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate

Real gdp per capita

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: accounts for about 12% of GNP; olives, citrus and other fruits, vegetables, beef, dairy products

Industries: generally small family businesses that produce textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale modern industries in an industrial center

Industrial production growth rate:
growth rate 10% (1989); accounts for about 8% of
GNP


Labor force
Note: (excluding Israeli Jewish settlers)
By occupation small industry commerce and business: 32.0%
By occupation construction: 24.4%
By occupation service and other: 25.5%
By occupation agriculture: 18.1% (1984)
Organized labor: NA
Labor force

Unemployment rate: 20% (1990 est.)

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $33.8 million; expenditures $33.3 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY88)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year:
previously 1 April - 31 March; FY91 was 1 April - 3l
December, and since 1 January 1992 the fiscal year has conformed to the calendar year


Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $30 million (f.o.b., 1989)
Commodoties: citrus
Partners: Israel, Egypt

Imports: $255 million (c.i.f., 1989)
Commodoties: food, consumer goods, construction materials
Partners: Israel, Egypt

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates: new Israeli shekels (NIS) per US$1 - 2.2984 (January 1992), 2.2792 (1991), 2.0162 (1990), 1.9164 (1989), 1.5989 (1988), 1.5946 (1987)


Gaza Strip - Energy 1992
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Electricity
Production: power supplied by Israel

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Gaza Strip - Communication 1992
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Gaza Strip - Military 1992
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Military expenditures
Percent of gdp: exchange rate conversion - $NA, NA% of GDP

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Gaza Strip - Transportation 1992
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runway less than 1,220 m

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine

Ports and terminals


Gaza Strip - Transnational issues 1992
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Disputes international

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


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