Rafah Camp

Refugee Camp in Rafah, State of Palestine

Rafah Camp

Refugee Camp

Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic| مخيم رفح or معسكر رفح

Rafah Camp

Location of Rafah Camp within Palestine

Coordinates: 31°16′58.87″N 34°15′11.52″E﻿ / ﻿31.2830194°N 34.2532000°E﻿ / 31.2830194; 34.2532000Coordinates: 31°16′58.87″N 34°15′11.52″E﻿ / ﻿31.2830194°N 34.2532000°E﻿ / 31.2830194; 34.2532000
State| State of Palestine
Governorate| Rafah
Government

• Type| Refugee Camp (from 1949)
Population

(2005)

• Total| 95,187

Rafah Camp (Arabic: مخيم رفح or معسكر رفح) is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the Rafah Governorate along the Gaza–Egypt border.[1] It was established in 1949 and currently forms part of the city of Rafah. During the period of its establishment, it was the largest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip; however its population has decreased due to migration to the Tall as-Sultan camp, an extension of Rafah camp, which was set up to absorb refugees repatriated from Canada Camp.

According to the UNRWA, the camp has a population of 99,000 inhabitants,[2] This figure includes (in contrast to PCBS census data) Tall as-Sultan. The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2006 mid-year estimate for Rafah Camp alone is 59,983, for Tall as-Sultan 24,418.[3] The camp is the second largest refugee camp in Palestine. There are 31 schools (20 primary, 11 secondary) run by the UNRWA.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ OCHA map Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b UNRWA Rafah refugee camp profile UNRWA does not make a distinction between Rafah Camp & Tall as-Sultan
3. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Rafah Governorate by Locality 2004-2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

## External links[edit]

* Rafah Camp articles from UNWRA
* Welcome To Rafah R.C.

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Rafah Governorate

Cities|

* Rafah

Municipalities|

* al-Bayuk
* Shokat as-Sufi

Village councils|

* al-Mawasi
* al-Qarya as-Suwaydiya

Refugee camps|

* Rafah camp
* Tel al-Sultan

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Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015[1]

|  Gaza Strip
518,000 UNRWA refugees|  West Bank
188,150 UNRWA refugees|  Syria
319,958 UNRWA refugees|  Lebanon
188,850 UNRWA refugees|  Jordan
355,500 UNRWA refugees

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| Al-Shati (Beach camp)| 87,000

|

Bureij |  34,000
Deir al-Balah |  21,000
Jabalia |  110,000
Khan Yunis |  72,000
Maghazi |  24,000
Nuseirat |  66,000
Rafah |  104,000
Canada Camp |  closed

| Aqabat Jaber| 6,400

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Ein as-Sultan |  1,900
Far'a |  7,600
Fawwar |  8,000
Jalazone |  11,000
Kalandia Camp |  11,000
Am'ari |  10,500
Deir 'Ammar |  2,400
Dheisheh |  13,000
Aida |  4,700
Al-Arroub |  10,400
Askar |  15,900
Balata Camp |  23,600
'Azza (Beit Jibrin) |  1,000
Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1)|  6,750
Tulkarm Camp |  18,000
Nur Shams |  9,000
Jenin Camp |  16,000
Shu'fat Camp |  11,000
Silwad

| Sbeineh| 22,600

|

Khan al-Shih |  20,000
Neirab |  20,500
Homs |  22,000
Jaramana camp |  18,658
Daraa camp |  10,000
Hama camp |  8,000
Khan Dannun |  10,000
Qabr Essit |  23,700

Unofficial camps
Ein Al-Tal |  6,000
Latakia Camp |  10,000
Yarmouk |  148,500

| Bourj el-Barajneh| 17,945

|

Ain al-Hilweh|  54,116
El Buss |  11,254
Nahr al-Bared |  5,857
Shatila |  9,842
Wavel |  8,806
Mar Elias |  662
Mieh Mieh |  5,250
Beddawi |  16,500
Burj el-Shemali |  22,789
Dbayeh camp |  4,351
Rashidieh |  31,478

Former camps
Tel al-Zaatar |  ?
Nabatieh refugee camp |  ?

| Zarqa camp| 20,000

|

Jabal el-Hussein |  29,000
Amman New Camp (Wihdat) |  51,500
Souf |  20,000
Baqa'a |  104,000
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp) |  22,000
Irbid camp |  25,000
Jerash camp |  24,000
Marka |  53,000
Talbieh |  8,000

References

1. ^ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

Authority control

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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