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Rafat, Jerusalem
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village”. Today it says “palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate of the state of palestine”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village”. Today it says “palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate of the state of palestine”.
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Town in Jerusalem Governorate, West Bank For the town in the Salfit Governorate, see Rafat, Salfit . Municipality type D in Jerusalem, State of Palestine Rafat ( Arabic : رافات ) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine , located approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , it had a population of 2,941 in 2017. Its total land area consists of 3,773 dunams .
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palestinian village
Now
palestinian town in the jerusalem governorate of the state of palestine
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