- Al-Arroub (camp)
Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=al-Arroub Camp
imgsize=
caption=
arname=مخيّم العروبة
meaning=
founded=
type=ref
typefrom=1950
altOffSp=al-'Arrub
altUnoSp=al-Aroub
governorate=hb
latd=31|latm=37|lats=23.18|latNS=N
longd=35|longm=08|longs=12.19|longEW=E
population=8,360
popyear=2006
area=350
areakm=0.4al-Arroub ( _ar. مخيّم العروب) is a
Palestinian refugee camp located in the southernWest Bank along the Hebron-Jerusalem road in theHebron Governorate . It is fifteen kilometers south ofBethlehem . The camp's total land area is 350 dunums and according to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees. [http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/westbank/arroub.html Arroub Refugee Camp] United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)] However, according to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp's population was approximately 8,360 in mid-year 2006. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop11.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006]Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)] In 2002, two schools were built in the camp, one for boys and the other for girls.References
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