A way to picture the size of Gaza.
When Gaza was in the news almost every day, reports often referred to distances and areas, but I found that the numbers mostly washed over me.
Then I realised that the entire length of Gaza was shorter than a drive I made almost every week. Even at its widest, it was about the length of a drive I made every couple of days. Relating it to my everyday life made its size feel real, and much less abstract.
I made this site so that you can place Gaza over somewhere you know and see the comparison for yourself.
This is an independent, non-commercial project made by one person. It is not affiliated with any government, political party, campaign or organisation. The outline of Gaza is drawn from publicly available geographic data, and the base map is built on OpenStreetMap data via CARTO and Stadia Maps.
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Figures concern an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and are updated as authorities revise them. Where estimates vary, the most conservative widely-cited figure is used.