al-Arroub Camp | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مخيّم العروبة |
| • Latin | al-'Arrub (official) al-Aroub (unofficial) |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flickr_-_Israel_Forces_-_Palestinian_demonstrators_in_El-Arrub_(1).jpg) Palestinian demonstrators against occupation in El-Arrub | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Palestine_location_map_wide.png)  al-Arroub Camp Location of al-Arroub Camp within Palestine &sq=&lang=&file=File:West_Bank_location_map.svg) al-Arroub Camp al-Arroub Camp (the West Bank) | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′23.18″N 35°08′12.19″E / 31.6231056°N 35.1367194°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Refugee Camp (from 1950) |
| Area | |
• Total | 240 dunams (0.24 km2 or 0.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 8,941 |
| • Density | 37,000/km2 (96,000/sq mi) |
Al-Arroub (Arabic: مخيّم العروب, lit. 'Camp al-'Arrub') 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. Al-Arroub is 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem, with a total land area of 240 dunums.
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the camp has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 3,647.[2]
According to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees.[3] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp's population was 8,941 in 2011.[1]
In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary School for boys, and another school for girls.[3]
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- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ a b Arroub Refugee Camp United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)