Jerash camp
Refugee camp in Amman Governorate, Jordan
Jerash Camp مخيم جرش | |
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Refugee camp | |
32°16′20.21″N 35°53′29.03″E / 32.2722806°N 35.8913972°E / 32.2722806; 35.8913972 | |
Country | Jordan |
Governorate | Amman Governorate |
Area | |
• Total | 0.75 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 29,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Eastern European Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time) |
Jerash Camp (Arabic: مخيم جرش), known locally as Gaza camp, is one of the ten officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Irbid.[1] Jerash camp is situated five kilometres from the Roman ruins of Jerash.[1]
It was originally founded in 1968 as an "emergency" camp following the 1967 Palestinian exodus.[2] In the beginning, the camp only existed out of tent encampments. Because of the unexpected period of Palestinian displacement and the enterprise of camp residents, the camp's construction has been merely ad hoc.[2]
References
- ^ a b UNRWA Jerash camp
- ^ a b Feldman, Ilana (2018). Life lived in relief : humanitarian predicaments and Palestinian refugee politics. Oakland, California. ISBN 978-0-520-97128-8. OCLC 1043049820.
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Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015[1]
Gaza Strip 518,000 UNRWA refugees | West Bank 188,150 UNRWA refugees | Syria 319,958 UNRWA refugees | Lebanon 188,850 UNRWA refugees | Jordan 355,500 UNRWA refugees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ^ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.