Jabal el-Hussein camp
Refugee camp in Amman Governorate, Jordan
Jabal el-Hussein camp مخيم الحسين | |
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Refugee camp | |
31°57′52″N 35°54′23″E / 31.96444°N 35.90639°E / 31.96444; 35.90639 | |
Country | Jordan |
Governorate | Amman Governorate |
Area | |
• Total | 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 32,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (Eastern European Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time) |
Jabal el-Hussein camp (Arabic: مخيم الحسين) is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman.[1]
It is one of the first four camps in Jordan founded to accommodate refugees from the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight,[1] the others being Irbid camp, Al-Wehdat refugee camp and Zarqa Camp.
References
- ^ a b "Jabal el-Hussein camp". www.unrwa.org. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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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.