List of Palestinian refugee camps
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List of Palestinian refugee camps with current population and year they were established:

• Gaza, 8 camps, 478,854 refugees
  • 1948, Beach camp (Shati), 76,109
  • 1949, Bureij, 30,059
  • 1948, Deir el-Balah, 20,188
  • 1948, Jabalia (Jabalyia, Abalyia), 103,646
  • 1949, Khan Younis camp, 60,662
  • 1949, Maghazi, 22,536
  • 1949, Nuseirat, 64,233
  • 1949, Rafah camp, 90,638

• Jordan, 10 camps, 304,430 refugees
  • 1955, Amman New Camp (Wihdat), 29,805
  • 1968, Baqa'a, 80,021,
  • 1968, Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti), 19,573
  • 1968, Irbid, 23,512
  • 1952, Jabal el-Hussein, 27,674
  • 1968, Jerash, 15,696
  • 1968, Marka, 41,237
  • 1967, Souf, 14,911
  • 1968, Talbieh, 4,041
  • 1949, Zarqa, 17,344

• Lebanon, 12 camps, 225,125 refugees
  • 1955, Beddawi, 15,695
  • 1948, Burj el-Barajneh, 19,526
  • 1955, Burj el-Shemali, 18,134
  • 1956, Dbayeh, 4,223
  • Dikwaneh, destroyed
  • 1948, Ein el-Hilweh, 44,133
  • 1948, El-Buss, 9,840
  • Jisr el-Basha, destroyed
  • 1952, Mar Elias, 1,406
  • 1954, Mieh Mieh, 5,078
  • Nabatieh camp, destroyed in 1973
  • 1949, Nahr el-Bared, 28,358
  • 1963, Rashidieh, 24,679
  • 1949, Shatila, 11,998
  • 1948, Wavel, 7,357

• Syria, 10 camps, 119,776 refugees
  • 1950, Dera'a, 5,916
  • 1967, Dera'a (Emergency), 5,536
  • 1950, Hama, 7,597
  • 1949, Homs, 13,825
  • 1948, Jaramana, 5,007
  • 1950, Khan Dunoun, 8,603
  • 1949, Khan Eshieh, 15,731
  • 1948, Neirab, 17,994
  • 1967, Qabr Essit, 16,016
  • 1948, Sbeineh, 19,624

• West Bank, 19 camps, 176,514 refugees
  • 1950, Aida, 4,151
  • 1949, Am'ari, 8,083
  • 1948, Aqabat Jabr, 5,197
  • 1950, Arroub, 9,180
  • 1950, Askar, 13,894
  • 1950, Balata, 20,681
  • 1950, Beit Jibrin, 1,828
  • 1950, Camp No.1, 6,221
  • 1949, Deir Ammar, 2,189
  • 1949, Dheisheh, 10,923
  • 1948, Ein el-Sultan, 1,888
  • 1949, Far'a, 6,836
  • 1949, Fawwar, 7,072
  • 1949, Jalazone, 9,284
  • ????, Jenin, 14,050
  • 1949, Kalandia, 9,188
  • 1952, Nur Shams, 8,179
  • 1965, Shu'fat, 9,567
  • 1950, Tulkarm, 16,259

Maps

• Map from UNRWA
• Camps in Lebanon
• Camps in the occupied territories

External links & References

• http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/camp-profiles.html

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