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Palestinian refugee camps were established after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to accommodate Palestinian refugees who fled from the war.

This article lists the current Palestinian refugee camps with current population and year they were established.

The UNRWA defines a Palestinian refugee as:

"Palestine refugees are persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War."

UNRWA provides facilities in 59 recognized refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It also provided relief to displaced persons inside the State of Israel following the 1948 conflict until the Israeli government took over responsibility for them in 1952.

For a camp to be recognized by UNRWA, there must be an agreement between the host government and UNRWA governing use of the camp. UNRWA does not itself run any camps, has no police powers or administrative role, but simply provides services to the camp. Refugee camps, which developed from tented cities to rows of concrete blockhouses to urban ghettos indistinguishable from their surroundings, house around one third of all registered Palestinian refugees. UNRWA also provides facilities in other areas where large numbers of registered Palestinian refugees live outside of recognized camps.

UNRWA's services are available to all those living in its area of operations who meet this definition, who are registered with the Agency and who need assistance. UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948. The number of registered Palestine refugees has subsequently grown from 914,000 in 1950 to more than 4.3 million in 2005." ^[1]

1 Jordan
2 Lebanon
3 Syria
4 West Bank
5 Gaza Strip
6 References
7 Maps
8 External links and references

Jordan

There are 10 official camps, 304,430 refugees.

- 1955, Amman New Camp (Wihdat), 49,805
- 1968, Baqa'a, 80,100
- 1968, Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti), 19,573
- 1968, Irbid camp, 23,512
- 1952, Jabal el-Hussein, 27,674
- 1968, Jerash camp, 15,696
- 1968, Marka, 41,237
- 1967, Souf, 14,911
- 1968, Talbieh, 4,041
- 1949, Zarqa camp, 17,344

Lebanon

The total number of registered refugees is 409,714.[1]

There are 12 official camps with 225,125 refugees.

- 1955, Beddawi, 15,695
- 1948, Burj el-Barajneh, 19,526[2][3]
- 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 al-Bared, 28,358 destroyed in 2007
- 1963, Rashidieh, 24,679
- Sabra destroyed
- 1949, Shatila, 11,998
- 1948, Wavel, 7,357

Syria

There are 10 official camps with 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

Additional unofficial camps in Syria:

- 1955-6, Latakia camp, 6,534 registered refugees
- 1957, Yarmouk (Damascus), 112,550 registered refugees
- 1962, Ein Al-Tal, 4,329 registered refugees[4]

West Bank

There are 19 official camps with 176,514 refugees.

- ,Abu-Dis (residents of this camp claim the territory of Ma'ale Adummim as their own)^[2].
- 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 as-Sultan, 1,888
- 1949, Far'a, 6,836
- 1949, Fawwar, 7,072
- 1949, Jalazone, 9,284
- 1953, Jenin, 14,050
- 1949, Kalandia, 9,188
- 1952, Nur Shams, 8,179
- 1965, Shu'fat, 9,567
- 1950, Tulkarm, 16,259

Gaza Strip

There are 8 official camps with 478,854 refugees.

- 1948, Beach camp (Shati), 76,109
- 1949, Bureij, 30,059
- 1948, Deir el-Balah camp, 20,188
- 1948, Jabalia (Jabaliya), 103,646
- 1949, Khan Yunis, 60,662
- 1949, Maghazi, 22,536
- 1949, Nuseirat, 64,233
- 1949, Rafah camp, 90,638

References

^ UNRWA:Palestine Refugees (English)
^ "The Expansion of Ma'ale Adumim". Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) website. Retrieved on February 10, 2006.

Maps

External links and references

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Gaza Strip 986,034 refugees	Jordan 1,827,877 refugees	Lebanon 404,170 refugees	Syria 432,048 refugees	West Bank 699,817 refugees
Beach camp, 76,109 Bureij, 30,059 Deir al-Balah camp, 20,188 Jabalya Camp, 103,646 Khan Yunis, 60,662 Maghazi, 22,536 Nuseirat, 64,233 Rafah camp, 90,638	Amman New Camp, 29,805 Baqa'a, 80,100 Husn, 19,573 Irbid, 23,512 Jabal el-Hussein , 27,674 Jerash, 15,696 Marka, 41,237 Souf, 14,911 Talbieh, 4,041 Zarqa, 17,344	Beddawi, 15,695 Burj el-Barajneh, 19,526 Burj el-Shemali, 18,134 Dbayeh, 4,223 Dikwaneh, destroyed Ein el-Hilweh, 44,133 El-Buss, 9,840 Jisr el-Basha, destroyed Mar Elias, 1,406 Mieh Mieh, 5,078 Nabatieh camp, destroyed in 1973 Nahr el-Bared, 28,358 Rashidieh, 24,679 Sabra Shatila, 11,998 Tel al-Zaatar, destroyed in 1976 Wavel, 7,357	Dera'a, 5,916 Dera'a (Emergency), 5,536 Hama, 7,597 Homs, 13,825 Jaramana, 5,007 Khan Dunoun, 8,603 Khan Eshieh, 15,731 Neirab, 17,994 Qabr Essit, 16,016 Sbeineh, 19,624 Latakia, 6,534 Yarmouk, 112,550 Ein Al-Tal, 4,329	Abu Dis Aida, 3,260 Am'ari, 8,083 Aqabat Jabr, 5,197 al-'Arrub, 9,180 Askar, 13,894 Azaa, 1,828 Balata, 20,681 Deir Ammar, 2,189 Dheisheh, 10,923 Ein Beit al-Ma', 6,221 Ein as-Sultan, 1,888 Far'a, 6,836 Fawwar, 7,072 Jalazone, 9,284 Jenin, 14,050 Kalandia, 9,188 Nur Shams, 8,179 Shu'fat camp, 9,567 Tulkarm, 16,259

¹The UNRWA definition of a "Palestinian refugee" is a person "whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict." "UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948." (UNRWA)