Rafah Governorate

The Rafah Governorate is a Governorate of Palestine in the southernmost portion of the . Its district capital or muhfaza is the city of located on the border with .
  • Governorate of the State of Palestine with about 173,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (200 feet)
  • …is also known as “Muḥāfaẓat Rafaḥ”
  • Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

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is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kerem Shalom and Canada Camp.
is a kibbutz in southern Israel.
6 km southeast of Rafah Governorate
Locality
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Latitude
31.2733° or 31° 16′ 24″ north
Longitude
34.2606° or 34° 15′ 38″ east
Open location code
8G3P77F6+87
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rafah Governorate” goes by many names.
محافظة رفحArabic
Gubernación de RafahAragonese
Gobernación de RafahAsturian
Rafahko GobernazioaBasque
РафахBelarusian
Governació de RafahCatalan
پارێزگای ڕەفەحCentral Kurdish
拉法省Chinese
拉法赫省Chinese
RafahDutch
Rafaḩi kubernerkondEstonian
Gobernación de RafaGalician
Gobernación de RafahGalician
Κυβερνείο ΡάφαGreek
Κυβερνείο ΡάφαςGreek
Κυβερνείο ΡάφαχGreek
רפיחHebrew
रफ़ह प्रांतHindi
Rafah kormányzóságHungarian
Kegubernuran RafahIndonesian
governatorato di RafahItalian
ラファハJapanese
ラファフ県Japanese
라파주Korean
Kawasan Pentadbiran RafahMalay
Kegabenoran RafahMalay
Governorat ta‘ RafahMaltese
რაფაჰიშ მუჰაფაზაMingrelian
Rafah guvernementNorwegian
Guvernementet RafahNorwegian Bokmål
Rafah guvernementNorwegian Nynorsk
РафахOssetian
استان رفحPersian
RafahPolish
رفح ولايتPushto
رفح ولایتPushto
محافظه رفحPushto
Guvernoratul RafahRomanian
РафахRussian
Rafah GovrenorateScots
Гувернорат РафаSerbian
Guvernat RafaSlovenian
Guvernatura RafaSlovenian
Rafahs guvernementSwedish
Gouvernement RafahSwiss German
இரபகு ஆளுநரகம்Tamil
ரஃபா ஆளுநரகம்Tamil
ரஃபா கவர்னரேட்Tamil
Refah valiliğiTurkish
РафахUkrainian
محافظہ رفحUrdu
Rafah gubernatorligiUzbek
Llywodraethiaeth RafahWelsh

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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