The Rafah Governorate ( ar, محافظة رفح ') is a Governorate of Palestine in the southernmost portion of the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...

. Its district capital or ''muhfaza'' is the city of

Rafah Rafah ( ar, رفح, Rafaḥ) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate, located south of Gaza City. Rafah's population of 152,950 (2014) is overwhelmingly made up of former Palestinian ...

located on the border with

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. According to the

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures a ...

the governorate had a population of 171,363 in mid-year 2006. It contains the closed down

Yasser Arafat International Airport Yasser Arafat International Airport ( ar, مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي ''Maṭār Yāsir 'Arafāt ad-Dawli'') , formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, between Rafah and ...

Localities

al-Bayuk Al-Bayuk ( ar, البَيُوك, also spelled al-Buyuk) is a Palestinian village in the Rafah Governorate located south of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip ...

* al-Mawasi * Kherbit al-Adas * al-Qarya as-Suwaydiya *

(capital) *

Shokat as-Sufi Shokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip, south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport. It is one of the poorest localities in the Gaza Strip, and has underdeveloped infrastructure. Accor ...

Refugee camps

* Tel al-Sultan * Rafah Camp

References

* http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/gaza_strip_1999.jpg * http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop16.aspx
{{Coord, 31.3, N, 34.25, E, region:PS-RFH, display=title Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip