- Nuseirat (camp)
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Nuseirat camp Other transcription(s) – Arabic مخيّم النصيرات Location of Nuseirat camp within the Palestinian territories Coordinates: 31°26′51.56″N 34°23′34.35″E / 31.4476556°N 34.392875°ECoordinates: 31°26′51.56″N 34°23′34.35″E / 31.4476556°N 34.392875°E Governorate Deir al-Balah Government – Type Refugee Camp Population (2006) – Jurisdiction 64,423 Nuseirat camp (Arabic: مخيّم النصيرات) is a Palestinian refugee camp located five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah. The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the Refugee Camp had a population of 64,423 in mid-year 2006.[1]
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- Nuseirat articles from UNWRA
Cities Municipalities az-ZawaydaVillage councils al-Musaddar · Wadi as-SalqaRefugee camps Palestinian refugee camps1 locations and populations as of 2005 Gaza Strip
986,034 refugeesJordan
2,127,877 refugeesLebanon
404,170 refugeesSyria
432,048 refugeesWest Bank
699,817 refugeesAl-Shati (Beach) 76,109 Bureij 30,059 Deir al-Balah 20,188 Jabalya 175,646 Khan Yunis 60,662 Maghazi 22,536 Nuseirat 64,233 Rafah 90,638 Canada Camp disbanded 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 destroyed Nahr el-Bared 28,358 Rashidieh 24,679 Sabra Shatila 11,998 Tel al-Zaatar destroyed Wavel 7,357 Abu Dis Aida 3,260 Am'ari 8,083 Aqabat Jabr 5,197 al-'Arrub 9,180 Askar 31,894 'Azza 1,828 Balata 41,681 Deir Ammar 2,189 Dheisheh 10,923 Ein Beit al-Ma' 6,221 Ein as-Sultan 1,888 Far'a 12,836 Fawwar 7,072 Jalazone 9,284 Jenin 35,050 Kalandia 9,188 Nur Shams 8,179 Shuafat (Shu'fat) 9,567 Tulkarm 17,259 1 The 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." [1]Categories:- Deir al-Balah Governorate
- Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip
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