Rafah Camp

Rafah Camp
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	مخيم رفح or معسكر رفح
Rafah Camp Location of Rafah Camp within the Palestinian Territories
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
Governorate	Rafah
Government
• Type	Refugee Camp (from 1949)
Population (2005)
• Jurisdiction	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 Egyptian-Palestinian Authority 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 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

↑ OCHA map
1 2 UNRWA Rafah refugee camp profile UNRWA does not make a distinction between Rafah Camp & Tall as-Sultan
↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Rafah Governorate by Locality 2004-2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

External links

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

Rafah Governorate

Cities	Rafah

Municipalities	al-Bayuk Shokat as-Sufi

Village councils	al-Mawasi al-Qarya as-Suwaydiya

Refugee camps	Rafah camp Tall as-Sultan

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

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
Ein as-Sultan	1,900
Far'a	7,600
Fawwar	8,000
Jalazone	11,000
Kalandia	11,000
Am'ari	10,500
Deir 'Ammar	2,400
Dheisheh	13,000
Aida	4,700
Al-Arroub	10,400
Askar	15,900
Balata	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
Shuafat camp	11,000
Silwad

Sbeineh	22,600
Khan Eshieh	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

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	7,000

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

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