Brainroom Facts: Gaza Strip
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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— FOX Brainroom Facts on Gaza:
Total area: 223 sq miles
Land boundaries: total: 38 miles
Border countries: Egypt, Israel
Population: 1,428,757 (July 2006 est.)
Unemployment rate: 20.3% (includes West Bank) (2005)
Population below poverty line: 63.1% (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products: olives, citrus, vegetables; beef, dairy products
Age structure:
0-14 years: 48.1%
15-64 years: 49.4%
65 years and over: 2.6%
Infant mortality rate: 22.4 deaths/1,000 live births
[source: CIA World Factbook]
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