 Omar Mukhtar Street, Gaza City's main thoroughfare, separates al-Zaytun from al-Daraj.The northwestern part of al-Zaytun was known as "Dar al-Khudar" ("the Vegetable House"), which was a small subdivision that contained the open-air vegetable market known as "Suq al-Khudar".In 1525, Dar al-Khudar contained 43 households, while Zaytun, the south eastern part of present Al-Zaytun, had 54 households and 30 bachelors, and Nasara, close to the Church of Saint Porphyrius, had 82 households.