Rafah Governorate

Rafah Governorate

The Rafah Governorate ( _ar. محافظة رفح) is an administrative district of the Palestinian National Authority 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

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

Refugee camps

*Tall as-Sultan
*Rafah camp

ee also

* Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority

References

* 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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