Far'a

Far'a Camp
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	مخيّم الفارعة
• Also spelled	al-Fari'ah (official) Faraa (unofficial)
Far'a Camp Location of Far'a Camp within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°17′38.35″N 35°20′39.74″E / 32.2939861°N 35.3443722°E / 32.2939861; 35.3443722Coordinates: 32°17′38.35″N 35°20′39.74″E / 32.2939861°N 35.3443722°E / 32.2939861; 35.3443722
Governorate	Tubas
Government
• Type	Refugee Camp (from 1949)
Area
• Jurisdiction	225 dunams (2.3 km2 or 0.9 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	5,750
Name meaning	"Branches"

Far'a or al-Fari'ah (Arabic: مخيّم الفارعة‎) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the foothills of the Jordan Valley in the northwestern West Bank, located 12 kilometers south of Jenin and 2 kilometers south of Tubas, three kilometers northwest of Tammun and 17 kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp had a population of 5,750 refugees in 2006,^[1] however, the UNRWA has recorded a population of 7,244 registered refugees.^[2]

Far'a was established in 1949 following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on 255 dunams of land. It is one of the few camps in the West Bank that is supplied water by the nearby spring of Far'a, from which the camp receives its name. The camp was under Jordanian and Israeli occupation until November 1998, when it came under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority, as a result of the Wye River Memorandum.^[2]

Most of the camp's labor force works in agriculture and some work in construction in the Israeli settlements of the Jordan Valley. In 1996, the UNRWA built two schools in Far'a with financial contributions from the European Union and by 2005 there were 1,794 pupils. In 2005, 863 families depended on UN food rations.^[2]

See also

• Wadi al-Far'a
• Ras al-Far'a

References

External links

• El Far'a Camp (Fact Sheet), The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. February, 2006
• El Far'a Camp Profile, The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. February, 2006
• Far'a, articles from UNRWA

v t e Tubas Governorate Cities Tubas Municipalities 'Aqqaba Tammun Villages Aqabah Bardala al-Bikai'a Ein al-Beida al-Farisiya Ibziq Kardala Kashda Khirbet al-Malih Khirbet ar-Ras al-Ahmar Ras al-Far'a Salhab Tayasir ath-Thaghra Wadi al-Far'a Yarza Refugee camps Far'a

v t e Palestinian refugee camps locations and populations as of 2013  Gaza Strip 1,221,110  West Bank 741,409 refugees  Syria 499,189 refugees  Lebanon 448,599 refugees  Jordan 2,034,641 refugees Al-Shati (Beach camp) 87,000 Bureij 34,000 Deir al-Balah 21,000 Jabalia 110,000 Khan Yunis 72,000 Maghazi 24,000 Nuseirat 66,000 Rafah 104,000 Aqabat Jaber 6,400 Ein as-Sultan 8,083 Far'a 7,600 Fawwar 8,000 Jalazone 11,000 Kalandia 11,000 Am'ari 10,500 Deir 'Ammar 2,400 Dheisheh 2,189 Dheisheh 13,000 Aida 4,700 Al-Arroub 10,400 Askar 15,900 Balata 23,600 'Azza (Beit Jibrin) 1,000 Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1) 6,750 Tulkarm camp 18,000 Nur Shams 9,000 Jenin camp 16,000 Shuafat camp 11,000 Sbeineh 22,600 Khan Eshieh 20,000 Neirab 20,500 Homs 22,000 Jaramana camp 18,658 Daraa camp 10,000 Hama camp 8,000 Khan Dannun 10,000 Qabr Essit 23,700 Latakia Camp 10,000 Yarmouk 148,500 Ein el-Tal 6,000 Bourj el-Barajneh 17,945 Ain al-Hilweh 54,116 El Buss 11,254 Nahr al-Bared 300 families Shatila 9,842 Wavel 8,806 Mar Elias 662 Mieh Mieh 5,250 Mieh Mieh 5,078 Beddawi 16,500 Burj el-Shemali 22,789 Rashidieh 31,478 Zarqa camp 20,000 Jabal el-Hussein 29,000 Amman New Camp (Wihdat) 51,500 Baqa'a 104,000 Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp) 22,000 Irbid camp 25,000 Jerash camp 24,000 Marka 53,000 Talbieh 7,000