Rafah Governorate

محافظة رفح Rafah Governorate
Basic data
Country	State of Palestine
Capital	Rafah (Gaza Strip)
surface	65 km²
Residents	225,538 (2015)
density	3470 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	PS-RFH
Destroyed mosque in Rafah

Coordinates: 31 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 34 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E

The Rafah Governorate ( Arabic محافظة رفح, DMG Muḥāfaẓat Rafaḥ ) is an administrative district of the Palestinian Authority or the State of Palestine in the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip . The district city is the city of Rafah , it is on the border with Egypt . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the population of the governorate rose from 165,240 in mid-2005 to 225,538 in 2015. The Gaza governorate is closed .

Cities

• al-Bayuk
• al-Mawasi
• al-Qarya as-Suwaidiyya
• Rafah (district town)
• Shaukat as-Sufi

Refugee camp

• Tall as-Sultan
• Rafah refugee camp

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Projected Mid-Year Population for Rafah Governorate by Locality 2004-2006 ( Memento from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics: Statistical Yearbook 2015 . P. 26