Fawwar, Hebron

Fawwar
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	مخيّم الفوّار
Fawwar Location of Fawwar within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°28′46.45″N 35°03′52.93″E / 31.4795694°N 35.0647028°E / 31.4795694; 35.0647028Coordinates: 31°28′46.45″N 35°03′52.93″E / 31.4795694°N 35.0647028°E / 31.4795694; 35.0647028
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Refugee Camp
Area
• Jurisdiction	350 dunams (0.4 km2 or 0.2 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Jurisdiction	6,544

Fawwar (Arabic: مخيّم الفوّار‎) is a Palestinian town and refugee camp in the Hebron Governorate, located six kilometers southwest of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the camp had a population of 6,544 in 2007.^[1]

Fawwar Camp was established in 1949 to accompany Palestinian refugees from Beersheba and Bayt Jibrin and the surrounding area on 350 dunams of land. There are two schools in the town: a boys' school and girls' school with roughly 1,050 students each.^[2]

References

External links

• Al Fawwar Camp (Fact Sheet)
• Al Fawwar Refugee Camp Profile
• Al Fawwar Refugee Camp Areal Photo
• Needs for development in Al Fawwar Refugee Camp based on the community and local authorities’ assessment
• Fawwar, articles from UNWRA

Hebron Governorate Cities Bani Na'im ad-Dhahiriya Dura Halhul Hebron (al-Khalil) (incl: Arab al-Fureijat • al-Baqa • Al Bowereh • Qalqas • Qla'a Zeta • Wadi al Hussein) Idhna Sa'ir (incl: ad-Duwwara • al-Uddeisa) as-Samu Tarqumiyah Yatta Towns Beit Awwa Beit Kahil Beit Ula (Qila) Beit Ummar (Jala) Deir Sammit Kharas Nuba ash-Shuyukh (Hamrush) Surif (Khirbet ad-Deir) Taffuh Villages Anab al-Kabir Arab al-Ka'abneh Beit 'Amra Beit Einun Beit Maqdum Beit ar-Rush al-Tahta al-Burj (Beit Mirsim • Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa) al-Buweib Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa Deir al-'Asal al-Tahta Deir Razih ad-Deirat Fuqeiqis Hadab al-Alaqa Hadab al-Fawwar al-Heila Hitta Hureiz Imneizil Imreish Jala Karma al-Karmil Khallet Edar Khallet al-Aqed Khalet al-Maiyya (at-Tabaqa • Umm Lasafa • Wadi Ubeid) Khallet al-Masafer Khashem al-Daraj Khallet Salih Kheroshewesh Wal Hadedeyah Khirbet Safa Khirbet Salama Khirbat al-Simia Khirbet Zanuta Khursa al-Kum Kurza Kuseis Ma'in al-Majd Marah al-Baqqar Masafer Yatta an-Najada Rabud al-Ramadin ar-Rihiya Sahel Wadi Elma Sikka Shuyukh al-Arrub as-Sura Tarrama at-Tuwani Umm Ashoqan Umm al-Butm Umm al-Khair, Hebron Wadi al-Amayer Wadi al-Kilab Wadi ash-Shajina Zif Refugee camps al-Arroub Fawwar

Palestinian refugee camps locations and populations as of 2013  Gaza Strip 1,221,110  West Bank 911,409 refugees  Syria 899,189 refugees  Lebanon 748,599 refugees  Jordan 2,634,641 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 27,600 Fawwar 8,000 Jalazone 11,000 Kalandia 31,000 Am'ari 10,500 Deir 'Ammar 2,400 Dheisheh 13,000 Aida 4,700 Al-Arroub 10,400 Askar 35,900 Balata 53,600 'Azza (Beit Jibrin) 1,000 Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1) 6,750 Tulkarm camp 38,000 Nur Shams 9,000 Jenin camp 48,000 Shuafat camp 31,000 Sbeineh 62,600 Khan Eshieh 20,000 Neirab 100,500 Homs 42,000 Jaramana camp 38,658 Daraa camp 10,000 Hama camp 28,000 Khan Dannun 10,000 Qabr Essit 23,700 Latakia Camp 30,000 Yarmouk 348,500 Ein Al-Tal 6,000 Bourj el-Barajneh 37,945 Ain al-Hilweh 54,116 El Buss 11,254 Nahr al-Bared 55,857 Shatila 9,842 Wavel 8,806 Mar Elias 22,662 Mieh Mieh 5,250 Beddawi 36,500 Burj el-Shemali 32,789 Dbayeh camp 4,351 Rashidieh 31,478 Zarqa camp 200,000 Jabal el-Hussein 89,000 Amman New Camp (Wihdat) 451,500 Souf 50,000 Baqa'a 304,000 Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp) 52,000 Irbid camp 35,000 Jerash camp 32,000 Marka 153,000 Talbieh 27,000