Rafiah Yam
Rafiah Yam was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip that existed until 2005. Rafiah Yam has about 122 residents.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 122 residents
- Description: former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip
- Also known as: “Rafiaẖ Yam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rafah.
Rafah
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rafah is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine. It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canada Camp and Rafah Refugee Camp.
Canada Camp
Locality
Canada Camp was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Sinai near Rafah, formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location.
Rafah Refugee Camp
Suburb
Photo: DYKT Mohigan, CC BY 2.0.
Rafah Camp is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the Rafah Governorate along the Gaza–Egypt border. It was established in 1949 and currently forms part of the city of Rafah.
Rafah
Town
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Rafah is a largely destroyed and depopulated city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, that serves as the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located 30 kilometers south-west of Gaza City.
Rafiah Yam
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Rafah Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Rafiah Yam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رفياح يام”
- Czech: “Rafiach Jam”
- Dutch: “Rafiah Yam”
- French: “Rafiah Yam”
- Hebrew: “רפיח ים”
- Persian: “رفیاح یام”
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