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.
[3] The gender make-up of the town was 49.3% male and 50.7% female.
[1] Shokat as-Sufi is governed by a municipal council of eleven members including the mayor, who since 2005 has been Mousa Abu Jlaidan.
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