Al-Arroub (camp)
Al-Arroub (Arabic: مخيّم العروب, lit. 'Camp al-'Arrub') is a Palestinian refugee camp located adjacent to the town of Shuyukh al-Arrub in the southern West Bank along the Hebron-Jerusalem road, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. Al-Arroub is 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem, with a total land area of 240 dunums.
al-Arroub Camp | |
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Refugee Camp | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مخيّم العروبة |
| • Latin | al-'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 | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Refugee Camp (from 1950) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 240 dunams (0.24 km2 or 0.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 8,941 |
| • Density | 37,000/km2 (96,000/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.
According to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp's population was 8,941 in 2011.
In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary School for boys, and another school for girls.