Rafat | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | رافات |
 Rafat | |
  Rafat Location of Rafat within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′14″N 35°11′32″E / 31.87056°N 35.19222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 168/141 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,773 dunams (3.8 km2 or 1.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 753 m (2,470 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 753 m (2,470 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 2,941 |
| • Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | from personal name [1] |
Rafat (Arabic: رافات) is a Palestinian town, located approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank in the northern Jerusalem Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,941 in 2017.[2] Its total land area consists of 3,773 dunams.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 324
- ^ https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf .