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Shokat as-Sufi

Shokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern , south of and adjacent to the inoperable .
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  • Type: Village with 10,600 residents
  • Description: town in Gaza Strip within the State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Shawkat aş Şūfī”, “Shokat a-Sufi”, “Shoket es Sufi”, and “Shukat as Sufi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yasser Arafat International Airport Ruins and Rafah Border Crossing.

Ruins
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Yasser Arafat International Airport was an in the . It was located between and Dahaniya, close to the border. The facility was built as a result of the Oslo Accords and opened on 24 November 1998 as Gaza International Airport.

Border checkpoint
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The or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between and 's and Gaza's sole border point with a country other than .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rafah and Al-Bayuk.

Town
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was a city in the southern , , that served as the capital of the . It was located 30 kilometers south-west of . is situated 3 km northwest of Shokat as-Sufi.

Village
is a Palestinian village in the eastern located in the southern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 5,648 in 2006. is situated 3½ km northeast of Shokat as-Sufi.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the -- border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 236. is situated 3½ km south of Shokat as-Sufi.

Shokat as-Sufi

Latitude
31.25887° or 31° 15′ 32″ north
Longitude
34.28206° or 34° 16′ 55″ east
Population
10,600
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
Open location code
8G3P775J+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8237026648
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
281093
Wiki­data ID
Q59769
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shokat as-Sufi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شوكة الصوفي”
  • Arabic: “شوكه الصوفي”
  • Asturian: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Catalan: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Cebuano: “Shūkat aş Şūfī”
  • Central Kurdish: “شۆکەت ئەلسۆفی”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شوكة الصوفى”
  • French: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Hebrew: “שוכת א-סופי”
  • Hebrew: “שוקאט אס סופי”
  • Hebrew: “שוקת א-סופי”
  • Indonesian: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Korean: “쇼카 앗 수피”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Norwegian: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Persian: “شوکت الصوفی”
  • Polish: “Szokat as-Sufi”
  • Russian: “Шокат ас-Суфи”
  • Slovenian: “Šokat as-Sufi”
  • Spanish: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Swedish: “Shokat as-Sufi”
  • Uzbek: “Shokat as-Soʻfiy”
  • Vietnamese: “Shokat as-Sufi”

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