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Rafah Border Crossing

The Rafah Border Crossing or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between and 's and Gaza's sole border point with a country other than .
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  • Type: Border checkpoint
  • Description: border crossings between Egypt and Gaza Strip
  • Also known as: “Ma‘bar Rafaḩ”, “Ma`bar Rafah”, “Rafah Crossing”, and “Rafah Crossing Point”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yasser Arafat International Airport Ruins and Kerem Shalom border crossing.

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 1½ km east of Rafah Border Crossing.

Border checkpoint
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is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the and Israel, and one between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip. is situated 3½ km south of Rafah Border Crossing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shokat as-Sufi and Rafah.

Village
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is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern , south of and adjacent to the inoperable .

Town
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was a city in the southern , , that served as the capital of the . It was located 30 kilometers south-west of . is situated 3 km north of Rafah Border Crossing.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the -- border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 236. is situated 3½ km southeast of Rafah Border Crossing.

Rafah Border Crossing

Latitude
31.24998° or 31° 14′ 60″ north
Longitude
34.2605° or 34° 15′ 38″ east
Elevation
78 metres (256 feet)
Open location code
8G3P67X6+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41313250
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­services
Geo­Names ID
8623386
Wiki­data ID
Q2564302
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Rafah Border Crossing” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبر رفح الحدودي”
  • Arabic: “معبر رفح”
  • Arabic: “ميناء رفح البري”
  • Bengali: “রাফাহ সীমান্ত ক্রসিং”
  • Catalan: “pas fronterer de Rafah”
  • Catalan: “Pas fronterer de Rafah”
  • Central Kurdish: “دەروازەی ڕەفەح”
  • Chinese: “拉法口岸”
  • Chinese: “拉法邊界關卡”
  • Czech: “Hraniční přechod Rafa”
  • Czech: “Hraniční přechod Rafah”
  • Czech: “Hraniční přechod Rafáh”
  • Danish: “Rafah grænseovergang”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبر رفح”
  • Estonian: “Rafaḩi piiripunkt”
  • French: “poste-frontière de Rafah”
  • French: “Poste-frontière de Rafah”
  • Hebrew: “מסוף רפיח”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר רפיח”
  • Indonesian: “Pelintasan Perbatasan Rafah”
  • Italian: “Valico di Rafah”
  • Italian: “varco di Rafah”
  • Italian: “Varco di Rafah”
  • Japanese: “ラファフ横断所”
  • Japanese: “ラファ検問所”
  • Korean: “라파 국경검문소”
  • Malay: “Sempadan Rafah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rafah-overgangen”
  • Norwegian: “Rafah-overgangen”
  • Portuguese: “Passagem de Rafah”
  • Russian: “КПП Рафиах”
  • Russian: “Рафах”
  • Slovenian: “mejni prehod Rafa”
  • Slovenian: “mejni prehod Rafah”
  • Spanish: “Paso de Rafah”
  • Tamil: “ரஃபா எல்லையைக் கடக்கும் பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “ரபா எல்லையைக் கடக்கும் பகுதி”
  • Turkish: “Refah Sınır Kapısı”
  • Ukrainian: “КПП Рафах”
  • Urdu: “رفح سرحدی گزرگاہ”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉法口岸”

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