Wadi as-Salqa | |
Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Info: | وادي السلقا |
Translit Lang1 Type1: | Latin |
Translit Lang1 Info1: | Wadi al-Salqa (official) Wadi as-Salka (unofficial) |
Type: | Municipality type C |
Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wadi as-Salqa within Palestine |
Coordinates: | 31.3883°N 34.3564°W |
Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Deir al-Balah |
Established Title: | Founded |
Leader Title: | Head of Municipality |
Leader Name: | Yousef Abul Ajeen |
Unit Pref: | dunam |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 6715 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Wadi as-Salqa (ar|وادي السلقا) is a Palestinian agricultural town in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, located south of Deir al-Balah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the municipality had a population of 6,715 in 2017.
Over half of the inhabitants are below the age of 18.[2] Since the economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip following Hamas' victory in the Palestinian National Authority's legislative elections in 2006, about 85% of Wadi as-Salqa's population lived under the poverty line.[3]