Al-Arroub (camp)

al-Arroub Camp
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	مخيّم العروبة
• Also spelled	al-'Arrub (official) al-Aroub (unofficial)
al-Arroub Camp Location of al-Arroub Camp within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 31°37′23.18″N 35°08′12.19″E / 31.6231056°N 35.1367194°E / 31.6231056; 35.1367194Coordinates: 31°37′23.18″N 35°08′12.19″E / 31.6231056°N 35.1367194°E / 31.6231056; 35.1367194
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. 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]

Al-Arroub before 1948, supplying water to Jerusalem

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

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

Hebron Governorate
Cities	Bani Na'im ad-Dhahiriya Dura Halhul Hebron (al-Khalil) (incl: Arab al-Fureijat • al-Baqa • Al Bowereh • Qalqas • Qla'a Zeta • Wadi al Hussein) Idhna Sa'ir (incl: ad-Duwwara • al-Uddeisa) as-Samu Tarqumiyah Yatta
Towns	Beit Awwa Beit Kahil Beit Ula (Qila) Beit Ummar (Jala) Deir Sammit Kharas Nuba ash-Shuyukh (Hamrush) Surif (Khirbet ad-Deir) Taffuh
Villages	Anab al-Kabir Arab al-Ka'abneh Beit 'Amra Beit Einun Beit Maqdum Beit ar-Rush al-Tahta al-Burj (Beit Mirsim • Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa) al-Buweib Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa Deir al-'Asal al-Tahta Deir Razih ad-Deirat Fuqeiqis Hadab al-Alaqa Hadab al-Fawwar al-Heila Hitta Hureiz Imneizil Imreish Jala Karma al-Karmil Khallet Edar Khallet al-Aqed Khalet al-Maiyya (at-Tabaqa • Umm Lasafa • Wadi Ubeid) Khallet al-Masafer Khashem al-Daraj Khallet Salih Kheroshewesh Wal Hadedeyah Khirbet Safa Khirbet Salama Khirbat al-Simia Khirbet Zanuta Khursa al-Kum Kurza Kuseis Ma'in al-Majd Marah al-Baqqar Masafer Yatta an-Najada Rabud al-Ramadin ar-Rihiya Sahel Wadi Elma Sikka Shuyukh al-Arrub as-Sura Tarrama at-Tuwani Umm Ashoqan Umm al-Butm Umm al-Khair Wadi al-Amayer Wadi al-Kilab Wadi ash-Shajina Zif
Refugee camps	al-Arroub Fawwar

Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015[1]
Gaza Strip 518,000 UNRWA refugees  West Bank 188,150 UNRWA refugees  Syria 319,958 UNRWA refugees  Lebanon 188,850 UNRWA refugees  Jordan 355,500 UNRWA refugees Al-Shati (Beach camp) 87,000 Bureij 34,000 Deir al-Balah 21,000 Jabalia 110,000 Khan Yunis 72,000 Maghazi 24,000 Nuseirat 66,000 Rafah 104,000 Canada Camp closed Aqabat Jaber 6,400 Ein as-Sultan 1,900 Far'a 7,600 Fawwar 8,000 Jalazone 11,000 Kalandia 11,000 Am'ari 10,500 Deir 'Ammar 2,400 Dheisheh 13,000 Aida 4,700 Al-Arroub 10,400 Askar 15,900 Balata 23,600 'Azza (Beit Jibrin) 1,000 Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1) 6,750 Tulkarm camp 18,000 Nur Shams 9,000 Jenin camp 16,000 Shuafat camp 11,000 Silwad Sbeineh 22,600 Khan Eshieh 20,000 Neirab 20,500 Homs 22,000 Jaramana camp 18,658 Daraa camp 10,000 Hama camp 8,000 Khan Dannun 10,000 Qabr Essit 23,700 Unofficial camps Ein Al-Tal 6,000 Latakia Camp 10,000 Yarmouk 148,500 Bourj el-Barajneh 17,945 Ain al-Hilweh 54,116 El Buss 11,254 Nahr al-Bared 5,857 Shatila 9,842 Wavel 8,806 Mar Elias 662 Mieh Mieh 5,250 Beddawi 16,500 Burj el-Shemali 22,789 Dbayeh camp 4,351 Rashidieh 31,478 Zarqa camp 20,000 Jabal el-Hussein 29,000 Amman New Camp (Wihdat) 51,500 Souf 20,000 Baqa'a 104,000 Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp) 22,000 Irbid camp 25,000 Jerash camp 24,000 Marka 53,000 Talbieh 8,000
References ↑ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.