Shokat as-Sufi () 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.Village Services Program USAID. June 2004.
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.Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). The gender make-up of the town was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). According to the PCBS, in 2017, it had a population of 16,445.
Shokat as-Sufi is governed by a municipal council of eleven members including the mayor, who since 2005 has been Mousa Abu Jlaidan.Local elections (round one) - the winners according to local authority, gender and No. of votes obtained Higher commission for Local Elections, pp.56-57.
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