Al-Arroub Refugee Camp

Al-Arroub is a Palestinian refugee camp in the , located adjacent to the towns of Shuyukh al-Arrub and and along Highway 60 in the , .
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  • Type: Village with 9,850 residents
  • Description: refugee camp in Hebron, State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Al A’rrub Camp”, “Al Arrub Camp”, “Al-Arroub”, and “Al-Arrub”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biar Aqueduct and Yeshivat Machanaim.

Archaeological site
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The , or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of , that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system. is situated 3½ km north of Al-Arroub Refugee Camp.

School
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is a school, which is situated 2½ km north of Al-Arroub Refugee Camp.

Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction, also known simply as Gush Junction, is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern , which serves as the entry point to the bloc of settlements. is situated 2½ km north of Al-Arroub Refugee Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Bracha and Beit Fajjar.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Town
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is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers south of in the , in the central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 13,520 in 2017.

Village
is an Israeli settlement and income-sharing community kibbutz in the . Located in the historic 7.4 km from the Green Line and west of the Israeli West Bank barrier, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.

Al-Arroub Refugee Camp

Latitude
31.62322° or 31° 37′ 24″ north
Longitude
35.13693° or 35° 8′ 13″ east
Population
9,850
Open location code
8G3QJ4FP+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332956178
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q4702226
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Arroub Refugee Camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم العروب”
  • Catalan: “Camp d’Al-Arroub”
  • Czech: “al-Arrúb”
  • Dutch: “Al-Arroub”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مخيم العروب”
  • Finnish: “Arrubin pakolaisleiri”
  • French: “Al-Arroub”
  • French: “Arroub”
  • Hebrew: “אל ערוב”
  • Hebrew: “אל-ערוב”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Arroub (kamp)”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Arroub”
  • Irish: “Al-Arroub”
  • Japanese: “アル・アッルーブ・キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “アル・アロウブ・キャンプ”
  • Persian: “ال-اروب (اردوگاه)”
  • Persian: “الاروب”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam al-Arrub”
  • Russian: “эль-Арруб”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Al-Arrub”
  • Urdu: “العروب (کیمپ)”
  • Urdu: “العروب”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Arroub”

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