Rafat, Salfit
Rafat | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | رافات |
| • Latin | Rafat (official) |
Rafat in the front, az-Zawiya in the back | |
Location of Rafat within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′41″N 35°02′43″E / 32.07806°N 35.04528°E | |
| Palestine grid | 154/164 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,522 |
| Name meaning | Rafat, personal name, meaning "acts of kindness" |
Rafat (Arabic: رافات) is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 38 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,522 in 2017.