Al-Shati (camp)

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al-Shati Camp
Arabic	مخيّم البريج
Government	Refugee Camp (from 1949)
Also Spelled	ash-Shati (officially) Beach camp (unofficially)
Governorate	Gaza
Population	30,059 (2006)
Jurisdiction	727 dunams (0.7 km²)

Al-Shati camp, also known as Beach camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the northern Gaza Strip along the Mediterranean Sea coastline in the Gaza Governorate. The camp's total land area consists of 727 dunums.^[1] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Shati had a population of 87,200 inhabitants in mid-year 2006,^[2] while the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reports a population of 78,800 registered refugees.^[1]

1 History
2 Economy
3 People from Al-Shati
4 References

[edit] History

Al-Shati was established in 1948 for about 23,000 Palestinians fleeing the cities of Jaffa, Lod and Beersheba as well as surrounding villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In 1971, Israeli authorities demolished over 2,000 shelters for the purpose of widening the roads for "security reasons". About 8,000 refugees were forced to leave the camp to the nearby housing project in Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City.^[1]

[edit] Economy

Before September 2000, when Israel closed off its border with the Gaza Strip due to the violence of the Second Intifada, the majority of al-Shati's work force were laborers in Israel or worked in agriculture. Today, some refugees work in workshops and sewing factories. A sizable number of the camp's 2,453 families depend on fishing for income. It contains a sewage system, a health center and 23 schools (17 primary, 6 secondary).^[1]

[edit] People from Al-Shati

Ismail Haniya, de facto Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
Rashid Masharawi, filmmaker

[edit] References

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Palestinian exodus · Palestinian refugees¹ · UNRWA

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 Jabalia, 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 Arroub, 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 el-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)