Rafah Governorate
The Rafah Governorate is a Governorate of Palestine in the southernmost portion of the Gaza Strip. Its district capital or muhfaza is the city of Rafah located on the border with Egypt.
- Governorate of the State of Palestine with 173,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 62 metres (203 feet)
- …is also known as “Muḥāfaẓat Rafaḥ”
- Description: governorate of the Palestinian National Authority
- Neighbors: Egypt
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rafah.
Rafah
Ruins
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kerem Shalom and Canada Camp.
Kerem Shalom
Village
Rafah Governorate
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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
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rafah Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة رفح”
- Aragonese: “Gubernación de Rafah”
- Asturian: “Gobernación de Rafah”
- Basque: “Rafahko Gobernazioa”
- Belarusian: “Рафах”
- Catalan: “Governació de Rafah”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای ڕەفەح”
- Chinese: “拉法省”
- Chinese: “拉法赫省”
- Dutch: “Rafah”
- Estonian: “Rafaḩi kubernerkond”
- French: “gouvernorat de Rafah”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Rafah”
- Galician: “Gobernación de Rafa”
- Galician: “Gobernación de Rafah”
- German: “Gouvernement Rafah”
- German: “Rafah Gouvernement”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ράφα”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ράφας”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ράφαχ”
- Hebrew: “רפיח”
- Hindi: “रफ़ह प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Rafah kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Rafah”
- Italian: “governatorato di Rafah”
- Japanese: “ラファハ”
- Japanese: “ラファフ県”
- Korean: “라파주”
- Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Rafah”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Rafah”
- Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Rafah”
- Mingrelian: “რაფაჰიშ მუჰაფაზა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Rafah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rafah guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Rafah guvernement”
- Ossetian: “Рафах”
- Persian: “استان رفح”
- Polish: “Rafah”
- Pushto: “رفح ولايت”
- Pushto: “رفح ولایت”
- Pushto: “محافظه رفح”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Rafah”
- Russian: “Рафах”
- Scots: “Rafah Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Гувернорат Рафа”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Rafa”
- Slovenian: “Guvernatura Rafa”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Rafah”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Rafah”
- Swedish: “Rafahs guvernement”
- Swiss German: “Gouvernement Rafah”
- Tamil: “இரபகு ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “ரஃபா ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “ரஃபா கவர்னரேட்”
- Turkish: “Refah valiliği”
- Ukrainian: “Рафах”
- Urdu: “محافظہ رفح”
- Uzbek: “Rafah gubernatorligi”
- Welsh: “llywodraethiaeth Rafah”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Rafah”
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