Rafah

Rafah is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the , . It is the capital of Rafah center in , and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
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  • Locality with 44,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 60 metres (197 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Er Rafa”
    “Rafaa”
    “Rafaḩ al Mişrīyah”
    “Rafah, Egypt”
    “Rafīah”
    “Raphia”
    “Rifah”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canada Camp and Yamit.
was a Palestinian refugee camp in the…
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was an Israeli settlement in the northern part… is situated 7 km west of Rafah.
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel. is situated 7 km southeast of Rafah.

Rafah

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Latitude
31.28204° or 31° 16′ 55″ north
Longitude
34.23869° or 34° 14′ 19″ east
Open location code
8G3P76JQ+RF
Geo­Names ID
350350
Wiki­data ID
Q2457100

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Rafah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رفح”
  • Belarusian: “Рафах (Эгіпет)”
  • Belarusian: “Рафах”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕەفەح”
  • Chinese: “拉法 (埃及)”
  • Chinese: “拉法赫 (埃及)”
  • Dutch: “Rafah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رفح”
  • Esperanto: “Rafah (Egiptio)”
  • Esperanto: “Rafah”
  • French: “Rafah”
  • German: “Rafah”
  • Greek: “Ράφα”
  • Hebrew: “רפיח המצרית”
  • Irish: “Rafah”
  • Italian: “Rafah”
  • Japanese: “ラファフ (エジプト)”
  • Persian: “رفح”
  • Polish: “Rafah”
  • Portuguese: “Rafa”
  • Russian: “Рафах”
  • Scots: “Rafah, Egyp”
  • Scots: “Rafah”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rafah (Egipat)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rafah”
  • Slovenian: “Rafa”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رفح (میصر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رفح”
  • Spanish: “Rafah”
  • Spanish: “Rafaḥ”
  • Thai: “เราะฟะห์ (ประเทศอียิปต์)”
  • Thai: “เราะฟะห์”
  • Ukrainian: “Рафах”
  • Urdu: “رفح، مصر”
  • Zulu: “Rafah, Gibhithe”

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