Rafah Border Crossing Control Area
Rafah Border Crossing Control Area is a military installation in Egypt. Rafah Border Crossing Control Area is situated nearby to the battlefield Starting point of the Six-day war, as well as near the border checkpoint Rafah Crossing.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rafah Border Crossing and Yasser Arafat International Airport Ruins.
Rafah Border Crossing
Border checkpoint
Photo: Gigi Ibrahim, Public domain.
The Rafah Border Crossing or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between Egypt and Palestine's Gaza Strip and Gaza's sole border point with a country other than Israel. Rafah Border Crossing is situated 1½ km northeast of Rafah Border Crossing Control Area.
Yasser Arafat International Airport Ruins
Ruins
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Yasser Arafat International Airport was an airport in the Gaza Strip. It was located between Rafah and Dahaniya, close to the Egyptian border. The facility was built as a result of the Oslo Accords and opened on 24 November 1998 as Gaza International Airport. Yasser Arafat International Airport Ruins is situated 3 km east of Rafah Border Crossing Control Area.
Kerem Shalom border crossing
Border checkpoint
Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, CC BY 2.0.
Kerem Shalom border crossing is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the Gaza Strip 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. Kerem Shalom border crossing is situated 3 km southeast of Rafah Border Crossing Control Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rafah and Shokat as-Sufi.
Rafah
Town
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Rafah was a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, that served as the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It was located 30 kilometers south-west of Gaza City. Rafah is situated 3½ km north of Rafah Border Crossing Control Area.
Shokat as-Sufi
Village
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Shokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern Gaza Strip, south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport. Shokat as-Sufi is situated 3½ km northeast of Rafah Border Crossing Control Area.
Kerem Shalom
Village
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Kerem Shalom is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the triple Gaza Strip-Israel-Egypt border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 236. Kerem Shalom is situated 4 km southeast of Rafah Border Crossing Control Area.
Rafah Border Crossing Control Area
- Type: Military installation
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.24297° or 31° 14′ 35″ northLongitude
34.24838° or 34° 14′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8G3P66VX+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 1218391040OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Rafah Border Crossing Control Area” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة مراقبة معبر رفح الحدودي”
- French: “Zone de contrôle du poste frontière de Rafah”
- German: “Kontrollbereich des Grenzübergangs Rafah”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Starting point of the Six-day war and Rafah Crossing.
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