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Khirbat Abū Qashţah

Khirbat Abū Qashţah is a ruin in , . Khirbat Abū Qashţah is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the town .
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Places of Interest Nearby

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

Border checkpoint
Photo: Gigi Ibrahim, Public domain.
The or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between and 's and Gaza's sole border point with a country other than . is situated 1½ km southwest of Khirbat Abū Qashţah.

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. is situated 2 km southeast of Khirbat Abū Qashţah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shokat as-Sufi and Rafah.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 it.
is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern , south of and adjacent to the inoperable .

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
was a city in the southern , , that served as the capital of the . It was located 30 kilometers south-west of .

Suburb
Photo: DYKT Mohigan, CC BY 2.0.
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 . is situated 3 km northwest of Khirbat Abū Qashţah.

Khirbat Abū Qashţah

Latitude
31.26111° or 31° 15′ 40″ north
Longitude
34.2675° or 34° 16′ 3″ east
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
8G3P7768+CX
Geo­Names ID
281121
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