Mar Elias refugee camp

Mar Elias (Arabic: مار الياس‎) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the southwestern part of Beirut, Lebanon. The camp was founded in 1952 by the Mar Elias (Prophet Elijah) Greek Orthodox convent^[1] and is composed mainly of Christian Palestinians (almost all the rest of the refugee camps house Muslim Palestinians).

In 2002 there were 1,406 registered refugees in the camp.

References

Further reading

• Dalrymple, William (1997): From the Holy Mountain, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-00-255509-3 p.266-75, 287, 362 (Dalrymple interviewed Sarah Daou from Kafr Bir'im)

External links

• Mar Elias, articles from UNWRA

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

Coordinates: 33°52′38″N 35°29′19″E / 33.87722°N 35.48861°E / 33.87722; 35.48861