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 | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مخيّم العروبة |
| • Latin | al-'Arrub (official) al-Aroub (unofficial) |
.jpg) 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 / 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)[1] | |
| • 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.[2]
According to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees.[3] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp's population was 8,941 in 2011.[1]
In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary School for boys, and another school for girls.[3]
Incidents
On 11 November 2019, Omar Badawi (22) was shot dead by Israeli troops in a nearby alley as he stepped out of his house with a towel to dowse a small fire nearby set off by a Molotov cocktail thrown by youths in the direction of the soldiers who had entered the camp. A video filmed the event. An IDF investigation as of November 2021 has yet to come to a conclusion.[4]
References
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Arroub Refugee Camp United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- ^ Gideon Levy, Alex Levac, 'What the Israeli army does to soldiers who shoot Palestinians,' Haaretz 19 November 2021
External links
- Welcome To al-'Arrub Refugee Camp
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp Profile, ARIJ
- Al 'Arrub Refugee Camp aerial photo, ARIJ
- The priorities and needs for development in Al 'Arrub camp based on the community and local authorities’ assessment, ARIJ
- Arroub refugee camp, UNWRA
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