al-Arroub Camp | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | مخيّم العروبة |
• Latin | al-'Arrub (official) al-Aroub (unofficial) |
Location of al-Arroub Camp within Palestine | |
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]