Rafah
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.
- Locality with about 172,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (180 feet)
- Description: city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
- Also known as“Er Rafa”“Rafa”“Rafaa”“Rafah City”“Rafīah”“Raphia”“Raphiah”“Rifah”
- Neighbors: Egypt
Notable Ruins
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Rafah
Rafah is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Pe’at Sade
Pe'at Sadeh was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip that existed until 2005.
3½ km north of Rafah
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canada Camp and Al-Mawasi.
Canada Camp
Locality
Canada Camp was a Palestinian refugee camp in the…
Al-Mawasi
Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip.
7 km north of Rafah
Rafah
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Latitude
31.2972° or 31° 17′ 50″ north
Longitude
34.2436° or 34° 14′ 37″ east
Open location code
8G3P76WV+VC
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Zeeuws—“Rafah” goes by many names.
RafahAchinese
ῬαφίαAncient Greek (to 1453)
رفحArabic
رفح الفلسطينيةArabic
RafahAragonese
RafahAsturian
RafahAzerbaijani
RəfahAzerbaijani
RafahBasque
RafahBavarian
РафаBelarusian
РафахBelarusian
রাফাহBengali
РафаBulgarian
РафахBulgarian
RafàCatalan
RafahCatalan
RàfiaCatalan
RafaḩCebuano
ڕەفەحCentral Kurdish
拉法Chinese
拉法市Chinese
拉法拉法赫Chinese
拉法赫Chinese
RafahCorsican
RafaCzech
RafáhCzech
RafahDanish
RafaDutch
RafahDutch
RafiahDutch
RaphiahDutch
رفحEgyptian Arabic
RafaĥEsperanto
RafaḩEstonian
RafahFinnish
RafaGalician
Rafa, PalestinaGalician
RafahGalician
RafahGorontalo
ΡάφαGreek
ΡάφαχGreek
રફાહGujarati
RafahHausa
רפיחHebrew
רפיח העזתיתHebrew
रफ़हHindi
रफ़ाHindi
RafahHungarian
RafahIban
RafahIndonesian
RafahIrish
RafahItalian
RaphiaItalian
ラファJapanese
ラファーJapanese
ラファハJapanese
ラファフJapanese
ರಫಾಹ್Kannada
رَفَحKashmiri
라파Korean
RefehKurdish
RaphiaLatin
RafaLatvian
RafahaLatvian
RafaLithuanian
RafachasLithuanian
RafahMalay
RafahMaltese
रफाMarathi
رفحMazanderani
რაფაჰიMingrelian
RafahNorwegian
RafahNorwegian Bokmål
RafahNorwegian Nynorsk
RafàOccitan (post 1500)
RafahOccitan (post 1500)
RafæOld English (ca. 450-1100)
РафахOssetian
رفحPersian
RafahPolish
رفحSerbian
RafaSerbo-Croatian
RafahSerbo-Croatian
රෆාSinhala
RafaSlovenian
Rafa, GazaSlovenian
ராஃஆTamil
రాఫాహ్Telugu
ราฟาร์หThai
ราฟาฮ์Thai
เราะฟะห์Thai
RefahTurkish
РафахUkrainian
رفحUrdu
RafahVenetian
RafahVietnamese
RafahWelsh
رفحWestern Panjabi
РафаахYakut
拉法城Yue Chinese
RafahZeeuws
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