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Rafah, Egypt

Northern Africa

Rafah is a city in North Sinai Governorate on Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, the capital of the Rafah center, situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is the site of the Rafah Border Crossing, the sole crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. The English Wikipedia article reports that Egypt announced in 2015 plans to clear the city for a security buffer zone and that the military had demolished at least 7,460 buildings by 2021. The citypopulation.de tables give 24,674 inhabitants at the census of 1996, 31,515 in 2006, 42,516 in the estimate for July 2018 and 45,359 in the estimate for July 2023.

Facts
Population
45,359 1
Elevation (m)
60 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Coastal
Yes 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 5
Sources
1. City Population: Egypt: Cities and Towns, population statistics
City Population
  • Cities and Towns table, Rafah, Egypt row, estimate of 2023-07-01
    24,674 31,515 42,516 45,359
  • On Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumb: Home, Africa, Egypt
    Home Africa Egypt
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevations for Egyptian city coordinates (t4)
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m result at the GeoNames coordinates of the city; band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland
Quote, SRTM 90 m result at the GeoNames coordinates of the city; band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland
"elevation": 60.0, "location": { "lat": 31.282041, "lng": 34.238695
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3. Rafah, Egypt (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead sentence
    is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead sentence
    is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine
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4. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Environment.Climate.text
Quote, Environment.Climate.text
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo, the one zone of Egypt (standard offset UTC+2)
Quote, Zone Africa/Cairo, the one zone of Egypt (standard offset UTC+2)
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
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