Shokat as-Sufi

Shokat as-Sufi (Arabic: شوكة الصوفي) is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern Gaza Strip, south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport. It is one of the poorest localities in the Gaza Strip, and has underdeveloped infrastructure.^[2]

Shokat as-Sufi
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
• Latin	Shoka (official)
Ruins of Yasser Arafat Int'l Airport
Shokat as-Sufi Location of Shokat as-Sufi within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°15′31.12″N 34°16′56.80″E
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Rafah
Government
• Type	Municipality (from 2005)
• Head of Municipality	Mousa Abu Jlaidan
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	16,445

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census in 1997, Shokat as-Sufi had a population of 5,663 of which 90% were Palestinian refugees.^[3] The gender make-up of the town was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.^[4] According to the PCBS, in 2017, it had a population of 16,445.^[1]

Shokat as-Sufi is governed by a municipal council of eleven members including the mayor, who since 2005 has been Mousa Abu Jlaidan.^[5]

References

1. Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
2. Village Services Program USAID. June 2004.
3. Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
4. Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
5. Local elections (round one) - the winners according to local authority, gender and No. of votes obtained^{[permanent dead link‍]} Higher commission for Local Elections, pp.56-57.