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Rafah

Rafah is a refugee camp in , and has about 34,000 residents. Rafah is situated nearby to the locality .
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was a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the , . It was the capital of center in , and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt. is situated 1½ km west of Rafah.

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Rafah Camp is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the . It is located in the along the Gaza–Egypt border. It was established in 1949 and currently forms part of the city of .

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 .

Locality
was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern near , 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

Latitude
31.28537° or 31° 17′ 7″ north
Longitude
34.25186° or 34° 15′ 7″ east
Population
34,000
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
Open location code
8G3P77P2+4P
Geo­Names ID
281101
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In Other Languages

“Rafah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم رفح”

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