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This article is about refugee camp in Lebanon. For other uses, see Mar Elias (disambiguation).
Mar Elias (Arabic: مار الياس) is a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, by Beirut. The camp is rare as it composed mainly of Christian Palestinians; almost all the rest of the refugee camps contain Muslim Palestinians. The camp is named after the Christian Saint Mar Elias.
In 2002 there were 1,406 registered refugees in the camp.
See also
Further reading
- Dalrymple, William (1997): From the Holy Mountain, Harper Collins, ISBN 0002555093 p.266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from Kafr Bir'im)
External links and references
- Mar Elias, articles from UNWRA
Palestinian refugee camps1 locations and populations as of 2005 
Gaza Strip
986,034 refugees
Jordan
2,127,877 refugees
Lebanon
404,170 refugees
Syria
432,048 refugees West 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]Coordinates: 31°44′05″N 35°12′39″E / 31.73472°N 35.21083°E
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