Al-Arroub (camp)
al-Arroub Camp | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | مخيّم العروبة |
• Also spelled | al-'Arrub (official) al-Aroub (unofficial) |
Location of al-Arroub Camp within the Palestinian Territories | |
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Governorate | Hebron |
Government | |
• Type | Refugee Camp (from 1950) |
Area | |
• Jurisdiction | 350 dunams (0.4 km2 or 0.2 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Jurisdiction | 10,487 |
al-Arroub (Arabic: مخيّم العروب) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the southern West Bank along the Hebron-Jerusalem road in the Hebron Governorate. It is 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem. The camp's total land area is 350 dunums and according to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees.[1] However, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp's population is 10,487 in 2016.[2] In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary school for boys and the other for girls.[1]
Arroup Secondary school
Arroup Secondary School is a boys' secondary school in the Al-Arroub refugee camp in Hebron Governorate. A school was rented in the Arroup refugee camp lands, in a top of a mountain to remark the 1st secondary school for boys in the camp, it, this school is basically a floor rented house, because suppliers couldn't fund to build a new school for students.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arroub Refugee Camp United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- ↑ 'Localities in Hebron Governorate by Type of Locality and Population Estimates, 2007-2016 ,' Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2016.
External links
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp (Fact Sheet)
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp Profile
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp Areal photo
- Arroub refugee camp, UNWRA
- The priorities and needs for development in Al 'Arrub camp based on the community and local authorities’ assessment
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