Rafah Governorate

Governorate of Palestine

Governorate in Palestine

Rafah Governorate

Governorate

Country|  Palestine
Gaza Strip

Hamas government

North Gaza

Gaza

GAZA CITY

Deir al-Balah

Khan Yunis

Rafah

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The Rafah Governorate (Arabic: محافظة رفح Muḥāfaẓat Rafaḥ) is a Governorate of Palestine in the southernmost portion of the Gaza Strip. Its district capital or muhfaza is the city of Rafah located on the border with Egypt. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the governorate had a population of 171,363 in mid-year 2006. It contains the closed down Yasser Arafat International Airport.

## Localities[edit]

* al-Bayuk
* al-Mawasi
* Al Qarya as Suwaydiya
* Rafah (capital)
* Shokat as-Sufi

## Refugee camps[edit]

* Tel al-Sultan
* Rafah Camp

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rafah Governorate.

* http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/gaza_strip_1999.jpg
* http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop16.aspx

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Governorates of the State of Palestine

West Bank|

* Jerusalem (al-Quds)
* Bethlehem
* Hebron
* Jenin
* Jericho
* Nablus
* Qalqilya
* Ramallah and al-Bireh
* Salfit
* Tubas
* Tulkarm

Gaza Strip|

* Deir al-Balah
* Gaza
* Khan Yunis
* North Gaza
* Rafah

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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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