List of Palestinian refugee camps

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List of Palestinian refugee camps with current population and year they were established. The UNRWA defines a Palestinian refugee as such: "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 conflict. 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]

Gaza, 8 camps, 478,854 refugees

- 1948, Beach camp (Shati), 76,109
- 1949, Bureij, 30,059
- 1948, Deir el-Balah, 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
Jordan, 10 camps, 304,430 refugees
- 1955, Amman New Camp (Wihdat), 29,805
- 1968, Baqa'a, 80,100
- 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
- Sabra
- 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

- ,Abu-Dies (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 el-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