Al-Arroub (camp)

al-Arroub Camp
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic مخيّم العروبة
  Also spelled al-'Arrub (official)
al-Aroub (unofficial)
al-Arroub Camp

Location of al-Arroub Camp within Palestine

Coordinates: 31°37′23.18″N 35°08′12.19″E / 31.6231056°N 35.1367194°ECoordinates: 31°37′23.18″N 35°08′12.19″E / 31.6231056°N 35.1367194°E
Governorate Hebron
Government
  Type Refugee Camp (from 1950)
Area
  Jurisdiction 350 dunams (0.4 km2 or 0.2 sq mi)
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 7,941

al-Arroub (Arabic: مخيّم العروب) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the southern West Bank along the Hebron-Jerusalem road in the Hebron Governorate. It is 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem. The camp's total land area is 350 dunums and according to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees.[1] However, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp's population was 7,941 in 2007.[2] In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary school for boys and the other for girls.[1]

Al-Arroub before 1948. Supplying water to Jerusalem.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Arroub Refugee Camp United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  2. 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.118.

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