{{Short description|Governorate of Palestine}} {{pp-semi|small=yes}} {{Coord|31.3|N|34.25|E|region:PS-RFH_type:adm1st|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ar|محافظة رفح}}}} | type = [[Governorates of Palestine|Governorate]] | image_map = Rafah in Palestine.svg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 10 | coordinates = | subdivision_type2 = Control | subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Israel}}<br>{{flag|Popular Forces}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{PSE}} | subdivision_type1 = Territory | subdivision_name1 = [[Gaza Strip]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 65 | population_total = 233,878 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_footnotes = <ref name="pop2017">{{cite web |title=Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017 |url=http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |publisher=[[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS) |access-date=2021-01-19 |archive-date=2021-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128121306/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | iso_code = PS-RFH }} {{Gaza Strip}}

The '''Rafah Governorate''' ({{langx|ar|محافظة رفح|Muḥāfaẓat Rafaḥ}}) is a [[Governorates of Palestine|Governorate of Palestine]] in the southernmost portion of the [[Gaza Strip]]. Its district capital or ''muhfaza'' is the city of [[Rafah]] located on the border with [[Egypt]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], the governorate had a population of 267,635 in mid-year 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/statisticsIndicatorsTables.aspx?lang=en&table_id=711 |title=Projected Mid -Year Population for Rafah Governorate by Locality 2017-2026 |date=May 30, 2021 |website=pcbs.gov.ps |publisher=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=December 4, 2023}}</ref> It contains the closed down [[Yasser Arafat International Airport]].

==Localities== * [[Al-Bayuk]] (al-Buyuk) * [[Al-Mawasi, Rafah|Al-Mawasi]] * [[Al Qarya as Suwaydiya]] * [[Rafah]] (seat) * [[Shokat as-Sufi]]

==Refugee camps== * [[Rafah Camp]] * [[Tel al-Sultan refugee camp|Tel al-Sultan]] (Tall as-Sultan)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Sources == * {{cite web |url=http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop16.aspx |title=Projected Mid -Year Population for Rafah Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 |year=2006 |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=[[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics|PCBS]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520000342/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop16.aspx |archive-date=20 May 2011}}

== External links == * {{Commons category inline|Rafah Governorate}} * [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/gaza_strip_1999.jpg maps.lib.utexas.edu]

{{Governorates of Palestine}} {{Rafah Governorate}} {{Authority control}}

[[Category:Rafah Governorate| ]] [[Category:Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip]]

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