Al-Arroub (camp)
al-Arroub Camp | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مخيّم العروبة |
| • Latin | al-'Arrub (official) al-Aroub (unofficial) |
Palestinians demonstrating against the occupation in El-Arrub, 2011 | |
Location of al-Arroub Camp within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′23.18″N 35°08′12.19″E / 31.6231056°N 35.1367194°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) |
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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.
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.