Al-Arroub (camp)

al-Arroub (Arabic: مخيّم العروب‎, lit. 'Camp al-'Arrub') 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 240 dunums.

al-Arroub Camp
Refugee Camp
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمخيّم العروبة
 • Latinal-'Arrub (official)
al-Aroub (unofficial)
Palestinian demonstrators against occupation in El-Arrub
al-Arroub Camp
Location of al-Arroub Camp within Palestine
al-Arroub Camp
al-Arroub Camp (the West Bank)
Coordinates: 31°37′23.18″N 35°08′12.19″E
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeRefugee Camp (from 1950)
Area
 • Total240 dunams (0.24 km2 or 0.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total10,487
 • Density44,000/km2 (110,000/sq mi)

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
  1. 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.
  2. Arroub Refugee Camp United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  3. 'Localities in Hebron Governorate by Type of Locality and Population Estimates, 2007-2016 ,' Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2016.


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