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 | |
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 | 0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 8,941 |
| • Density | 37,000/km2 (96,000/sq mi) |
Al-Arroub (Arabic: مخيّم العروب, lit. 'Camp al-'Arrub') is a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, located adjacent to the towns of Shuyukh al-Arrub and Halhul and along Highway 60 in the Hebron Governorate, Palestine. Al-Arroub is 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem, and has 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. In 2005, the UNRWA reported that the camp had a population of 9,859 registered refugees. The population was 8,941 in 2011, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary School for boys, and another school for girls.