Rafah

Rafah (), kent an aw as Rafiah, is a Palestinian ceety in the soothren Gaza Strip. Locatit  sooth o Gaza, Rafah's population of 152,950 (2014) is owerwhelmingly made up o Palestinian refugees. Rafah camp and Tall as-Sultan camp form separate localities.Rafah camp an Tall as-Sultan form separate localities. Rafah is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate. Yasser Arafat International Airport, Gaza's anerlie airport, is locatit juist sooth o the ceety. Rafah is the steid o the Rafah Border Crossin, the anerlie crossin atween the Gaza Strip an Egyp.

Etymology
Ower the ages it haes been kent as "Robihwa" bi the auncient Egyptians, "Rafihu" bi the Assiries, "Ῥαφία, Rhaphia"Polybii Historiae [5,80]. bi the Greeks, "Raphia" bi Romans, "" [pronooncit Rafiach] bi the Israelites, "Rafh" bi the Arab Caliphate.

References

Category:Ceeties in Palestine
Category:History o Palestine
Category:Dividit ceeties
Category:Rafah Govrenorate