Al-Arroub (camp)

{{Short description|Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank}}

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = al-Arroub Camp

| translit_lang1 = Arabic

| translit_lang1_type = Arabic

| translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ar|مخيّم العروبة}}

| translit_lang1_type1 = Latin

| translit_lang1_info1 = al-'Arrub (official)
al-Aroub (unofficial)

| type = Refugee Camp

| image_skyline = Flickr - Israel Forces - Palestinian demonstrators in El-Arrub (1).jpg

| image_caption = Palestinians demonstrating against the occupation in El-Arrub, 2011

| pushpin_map = Palestine#West Bank

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of al-Arroub Camp within Palestine

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| coordinates = {{coord|31|37|23.18|N|35|08|12.19|E|region:PS|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Palestine grid

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| subdivision_type = State

| subdivision_name = State of Palestine

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Hebron

| established_title = Founded

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| government_type = Refugee Camp (from 1950)

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| unit_pref = dunam

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| area_total_km2 = 0.24

| area_total_dunam = 240

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| population_footnotes = {{cite report |date=February 2018 |title=Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |department=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) |publisher=State of Palestine |pages=64–82 |access-date=2023-10-24}}

| population_total = 8941

| population_as_of = 2017

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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Al-Arroub ({{langx|ar|مخيّم العروب||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.{{cite web |url=http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/1967_census/vol_1_tab_2.pdf |title=The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version |author=Perlmann, Joel |date=November 2011 – February 2012 |website=Levy Economics Institute |access-date=24 June 2016 }}

According to the UNRWA, in 2005, it had a population of 9,859 registered refugees.[https://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/westbank/arroub.html Arroub Refugee Camp] United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 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.

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