Wadi as-Salqa
Wadi as-Salqa ( is a Palestinian

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 agricultural town in the Deir al-Balah Governorate

Deir al-Balah Governorate

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, located south of Deir al-Balah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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 (PCBS), the municipality had a population of 4,660 in mid-year 2006.

Over half of the inhabitants are below the age of 18. Since the economic sanctions on the Gaza Strip

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 following Hamas

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' victory in the Palestinian National Authority

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's legislative elections in 2006, about 85% of Wadi as-Salqa's population lived under the poverty line.