Deir 'Ammar Camp

Deir Ammar Camp
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	مخيّم دير عمّار
Deir Ammar Camp Location of Deir Ammar Camp within the Palestinian Territories
Coordinates: 31°57′57.22″N 35°05′55.98″E / 31.9658944°N 35.0988833°E / 31.9658944; 35.0988833Coordinates: 31°57′57.22″N 35°05′55.98″E / 31.9658944°N 35.0988833°E / 31.9658944; 35.0988833
Governorate	Ramallah & al-Bireh
Government
• Type	Refugee Camp
Area
• Jurisdiction	145 dunams (14.5 ha or 36 acres)
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	2,229

Deir Ammar Camp (Arabic: مخيّم دير عمّار‎) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp had a population of 2,229 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.^[1]

The Deir Ammar camp was established in 1949 on a plot of land belonging to non-refugee residents of the village of Deir Ammar. In return, UNRWA's installations in the camp also provide services to non-refugee villagers. The camp falls under joint Israeli/Palestinian control in "Area B".^[2] The refugee camp has 2 schools, the boys school has 680 pupils and the girls school has 735 pupils.^[2]

Footnotes

External links

• Deir 'Ammar, articles from UNWRA

Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate Cities Beitunia al-Bireh Ramallah Rawabi (under construction) Municipalities Bani Zeid Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya 'Arura Mazari al-Nubani Beit Liqya Bir Zeit Deir Dibwan al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya Ni'lin Silwad Sinjil Turmus Ayya al-Zaitounah Abu Shukhaidem al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya al-Ittihad Beitillu Deir 'Ammar Jammala Taybeh Village councils Aboud Abu Qash Abwein Ajjul 'Atara Badiw al-Muarrajat Beitin Beit Ur al-Fauqa Beit Ur al-Tahta Bil'in Beit Sira Budrus Burham Burqa Deir Ibzi Deir Jarir Deir Abu Mash'al Deir Nidham Deir Qaddis Deir as-Sudan Dura al-Qar' Ein 'Arik Ein Qiniya Ein Siniya Ein Yabrud al-Janiya Jibiya Jifna Jilijliya Kafr Ein Kafr Malik Kafr Ni'ma Kharbatha al-Misbah Kharbatha Bani Harith Khirbet Abu Falah Kobar al-Lubban al-Gharbi al-Midya al-Mughayyir Nabi Salih Qarawat Bani Zeid Qibya Rammun Rantis Ras Karkar Saffa Shabtin Shuqba Surda Umm Safa Yabrud Refugee camps Am'ari Deir 'Ammar Jalazone Qaddura Silwad

Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015[1]  Gaza Strip 518,000 UNRWA refugees  West Bank 188,150 UNRWA refugees  Syria 319,958 UNRWA refugees  Lebanon 188,850 UNRWA refugees  Jordan 355,500 UNRWA 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 Canada Camp closed Aqabat Jaber 6,400 Ein as-Sultan 1,900 Far'a 7,600 Fawwar 8,000 Jalazone 11,000 Kalandia 11,000 Am'ari 10,500 Deir 'Ammar 2,400 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 Silwad 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 Unofficial camps Ein Al-Tal 6,000 Latakia Camp 10,000 Yarmouk 148,500 Bourj el-Barajneh 17,945 Ain al-Hilweh 54,116 El Buss 11,254 Nahr al-Bared 5,857 Shatila 9,842 Wavel 8,806 Mar Elias 662 Mieh Mieh 5,250 Beddawi 16,500 Burj el-Shemali 22,789 Dbayeh camp 4,351 Rashidieh 31,478 Zarqa camp 20,000 Jabal el-Hussein 29,000 Amman New Camp (Wihdat) 51,500 Souf 20,000 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

1. ↑ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.