Al-Arroub (camp)
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al-Arroub (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the southern West Bank along the Hebron-Jerusalem road in the Hebron Governorate. al-Arroub is 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem, with a total land area of 350 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.[1]
According to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees.[2] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp's population is 10,487 in 2016.[3]
In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary School for boys, and another school for girls.[2]
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, on the top of a mountain to remark the first secondary school for boys in the camp. This school is basically a floor rented house, because suppliers didn't have the funds to build a new school for students.
References
- ^ 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)
- ^ 'Localities in Hebron Governorate by Type of Locality and Population Estimates, 2007-2016 ,' Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2016.
External links
- Welcome To al-'Arrub Refugee Camp
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp (Fact Sheet)
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp Profile
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp aerial 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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