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Khan Yunis

City in Gaza Strip, State of Palestine
City city Q309348
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Summary

Khan Yunis is a city[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,390 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Khan Yunis Governorate[3]
  • Country: Palestine[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5]
  • Official language: Arabic[6]
  • Named after: caravanserai[7], Yunis al-Nawruzi[8], Jonah[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Palermo[10], Hamar Municipality[11], Almuñécar[12], Évry[13]
  • Commons category: Khan Yunis[14]
  • Inception: 1389[15]
  • Significant event: Khan Yunis massacre[16], occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United Arab Republic[17], Gaza war[18], Siege of Khan Yunis[19]
  • Official website: http://www.khanyounis.mun.ps[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Khan Yunis[21]
  • Population: 142,637[22]
  • Capital of: Khan Yunis Governorate[23]
  • Official name: خان يونس[24]
  • Category for people born here: Q18664769[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Q134506894[26]
  • Name in native language: خان يونس[27]
  • Native label: خان يونس[28]
  • Different from: Carn Euny[29]
  • Significant person: Mohammed Shabir[30], Yahya Sinwar[31]

Why It Matters

Khan Yunis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Almuñécar city Hiba Abu Nada Mohammed Deif Palestine United Arab Republic Yahya Sinwar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . comune.palermo.it. comune.palermo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · Krateven · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+142637'}
    Official language → Arabic
    Jewish encyclopedia id (russian) → 14448
    Official name → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'خان يونس'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id (russian): 14448"
  2. 16w ago · דג ירוק · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'خان يونس'}
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Name in native language: خان يونس"
  3. 16w ago · אביעדר · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → —
    Named after → caravanserai, Yunis al-Nawruzi, Jonah
    Category for people who died here → —
    Google maps customer id → 13021379393053512303
    + 115 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007602633905171"
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