Rafah
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Rafah (Arabic: رفح), kent an aw as Rafiah, is a Palestinian ceety in the soothren Gaza Strip. Locatit 30 kilometer (19 mi) sooth o Gaza, Rafah's population of 152,950 (2014) is owerwhelmingly made up o Palestinian refugees. Rafah camp and Tall as-Sultan camp form separate localities.Rafah camp an Tall as-Sultan form separate localities. Rafah is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate. Yasser Arafat International Airport, Gaza's anerlie airport, is locatit juist sooth o the ceety. Rafah is the steid o the Rafah Border Crossin, the anerlie crossin atween the Gaza Strip an Egyp.
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Rafah | |
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Ither transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | رَفَح |
• Ebreu | רָפִיחַ |
Rafah on 3 Julie 2010 | |
Location o Rafah in the Gaza Strip | |
Location o Rafah within the Palestinian territories | |
Coordinates: 31°17′19″N 34°15′07″E | |
Palestine grid | 77/78 |
Govrenorate | Rafah |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety |
• Heid o Municipality | Sa'ad Zoarub |
Population (2014)[1] | |
• Jurisdiction | 152,950 |
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