Rafat is a Palestinian

Palestinian territories

The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...

 town located in the Salfit Governorate

Salfit Governorate

The Salfit Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority. It is located in the northwestern West Bank, bordered by the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh to the south, Nablus to the east and Qalqilya in the north as well as, Israel to the west. Its district capital...

 in the northern West Bank

West Bank

The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

, 38 kilometers Southwest of Nablus and 24 KM east of the Mediterranean. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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, it had a population of approximately 2,015 in mid-year 2006.

The village is famous for its old buildings, the oldest one being the mosque which was built in the 14th centuary