North Gaza Governorate |
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Gaza |
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Governance of Gaza |
North Gaza Governorate محافظة شمال غزة is one of the governorates in the Gaza Strip. The population of the governorate is estimated at 281 thousand people in 2005, distributed among the population centers and includes (the city of Jabalia, the city of Beit Lahia, and the city of Beit Hanoun). The Palestinian Authority assumed the administration of the governorate in implementation of the Oslo Agreement in 1993, after the Israeli army forces had used it as their headquarters during the occupation of the Gaza Strip between 1967 and 1994.