!!!Gaza Strip: Geography
||Location|Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel
||Geographic Coordinates|31 25 N, 34 20 E[{GoogleMap location='31.416666,34.333332' zoom='4'}]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''72 km\\''border countries: ''Egypt 13 km, Israel 59 km
||Coastline|40 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Mediterranean Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Abu 'Awdah (Joz Abu 'Awdah) 105 m
||Highest Mountains|
||Terrain|flat to rolling, sand- and dune-covered coastal plain
||Natural Hazards|droughts
||Natural Resource|arable land, natural gas
||Land Use|''arable land: ''7.39%\\''permanent crops: ''10.96%\\''other: ''81.64% (2011)
||Climate|temperate, mild winters, dry and warm to hot summers
||Irrigated Land|240 sq km; note - includes West Bank (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|NA
||Environment_CurrentIssues|desertification; salination of fresh water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; depletion and contamination of underground water resources
||Environment - international agreements|NA
||Large Cities|
||Geography-note|strategic strip of land along Mideast-North African trade routes has experienced an incredibly turbulent history; the town of Gaza itself has been besieged countless times in its history