Al-Arroub Refugee Camp
Al-Arroub is a Palestinian refugee camp located adjacent to the town of Shuyukh al-Arrub in the southern West Bank along the Hebron-Jerusalem road, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Palestine Solidarity Project, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 9,850 residents
- Description: refugee camp in Hebron, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Al-Arroub” and “Al-Arrub”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biar Aqueduct and Yeshivat Machanaim.
Biar Aqueduct
Archaeological site
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Biar Aqueduct, or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of Jerusalem, that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system. Biar Aqueduct is situated 3½ km north of Al-Arroub Refugee Camp.
Yeshivat Machanaim
School
Photo: איתמר אוחנה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeshivat Machanaim is a school, which is situated 2½ km north of Al-Arroub Refugee Camp.
Gush Etsyon Junction
Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction also known as Gush Junction is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern West Bank, which serves as the entry point to the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements. Gush Etsyon Junction is situated 2½ km north of Al-Arroub Refugee Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Bracha and Beit Fajjar.
Beit Fajjar
Town
Photo: Tamer waleed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Fajjar is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers south of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 13,520 in 2017.
Migdal Oz
Village
Migdal Oz is an Israeli settlement and income-sharing community kibbutz in the West Bank. Located in the historic Etzion bloc 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
- Categories: Palestinian refugee camp and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.62322° or 31° 37′ 24″ northLongitude
35.13693° or 35° 8′ 13″ eastPopulation
9,850Open location code
8G3QJ4FP+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 332956178OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata 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”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Al-Arrub”
- Urdu: “العروب (کیمپ)”
- Urdu: “العروب”
- Uzbek: “Al-Arroub”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abdalah Azzam Mosque and Um Al-Mo’menen Mosque.
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