Jaramana

Jaramana جرمانا
Jaramana refugee camp skyline and mosque dome
Jaramana Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°29′N 36°21′E / 33.483°N 36.350°E / 33.483; 36.350
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq Governorate
District	Markaz Rif Dimashq
Nahiyah	Jaramana
Area[1]
• City	5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
• Land	5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
• Water	0 km2 (0 sq mi)  0%
• Urban	5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi)
Elevation	670 m (2,200 ft)
Population (2004 census)
• City	114,363

Jaramana (Arabic: جرمانا‎) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in the Ghouta plain. Its location, 10 kilometers southeast of the Syrian capital, makes it a bustling town in the greater Damascus metropolitan area, with a mostly Christian and Druze population.

History

Jaramana was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century and noted it was "a district of the Ghautah of Damascus."^[2]

Demographics

Since 2003 and the beginning of the Iraq War, large numbers of Iraqi have immigrated to Jaramana, swelling the population from around 100,000 to over 250,000.^[3] According to the 2004 official census, the population of the city was 114,363.^[4]

There is also a Palestinian refugee camp near the town bearing its same name. Jaramana is a favorite destination for Iraqi Assyrian Christian refugees fleeing their unstable country. In October 2006, the Assyrian community in Jaramana finally received a priest from Mosul, Iraq. The priest, Arkan Hana Hakim, claims there are now 2,000 Assyrian Iraqi refugees in the town Jaramana alone.^[5]

On October 29 and November 28, 2012 the predominantly Druze-Christian town was hit by car bombings killing over 100 civilian residents, including Christian, Druze and Sunni Muslim victims. The suicide bombings also took the lives of several Iraqi and Palestinian refugees living in Jaramana.

References

Bibliography

External links

• Jaramana News
• Pictures taken in Jaramana Refugee Camp

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

Rif Dimashq Governorate   Markaz Rif Dimashq District Al-Kiswah al-Adiliyah Aqraba Arbin Ein Tarma Babbila al-Bahdaliyah Beit Sahem Beit Sawa al-Buwaydah Deir Ali Deir al-Asafir Deir Khabiyah Hamouriyah al-Harjalah Hawsh Sahiya Hizzah Hujayrah Hutaytet al-Turkman Jaramana Jisrin Jubb al-Safa Kafr Batna Khan Dannun Khirbet al-Ward Khiyarat Dannun al-Malihah Muqaylibah al-Sabinah Saqba Sayyidah Zaynab Shabaa al-Taybah Yalda Zabdin Zakiyah Zamalka   Douma District Douma al-Abadah Adra al-Ahmadiyah Dahiyat al-Assad al-Atibah Batihat al-Wafidin Beit Nayim al-Bahariyah al-Bitariyah al-Bilaliyah al-Damen Deir Salman al-Dumayr Ghasulah al-Ghizlaniyah Harasta Harasta al-Qantarah Harran al-Awamid Hawsh al-Dawahira Hawsh al-Farah Hawsh Nasri al-Hayjanah Hufayr al-Tahta al-Jarba Judaydat al-Khas al-Kafrin Madira Marj al-Sultan Mesraba Midaa al-Nashabiyah al-Qasimiyah al-Qisa Otaybah al-Rihan al-Sabe' Biyar Sakka Saraba al-Shafuniyah   Al-Qutayfah District Al-Qutayfah al-Aatanah Ain al-Tinah Hala Jayroud Jubaadin Ma'loula al-Mansoura Muadamiyat al-Qalamoun al-Naseriyah ar-Ruhaybah al-Tawani   Al-Tall District Al-Tall Akoubar Ayn Dara Badda al-Dreij al-Fayadiyah Hafeir al-Fouqa Halboun Hosh Arab al-Jarniyah Maaraba Maarat Saidnaya Maarounah al-Mahabah Manin al-Nour Rankous Sabnah Saidnaya Talfita   Yabroud District Yabroud Assal al-Ward al-Jebbah Ras al-Ayn Ras al-Maara Rima al-Sarkha (Bakhah) Wadi an-Naaim   An-Nabek District An-Nabek Deir Atiyah Flitah al-Humayra al-Jarajir Qaldoun al-Marah Qara al-Qastal al-Sahel   Al-Zabadani District Al-Zabadani Ain Hawr Baqin Barheliya Bloudan Hosh Bajed Hurayra Kafr al-Awamid Madaya al-Rawdah (al-Batrounah) Serghaya Souq Wadi Barada   Qatana District Qatana al-Aamrat Abou Qawouq al-Adnaniyah Ain al-Shaara Ambiya Arnah Artouz Beit Jinn Beit Saber Beitima al-Bejaa Beqaasem Darbal Deir Maker Denaji Dourin Drousha Hamrit Harfa Hinah Hosh al-Nufour al-Hubariyah Jdeidat Artouz Jisr al-Safra Kafr Hawr Kafr Qouq Kanaker Kawkab Khan al-Shih Kherbet al-Sawda Maas Maghar al-Mir Manshiyat Khan al-Shih al-Maqrousa Mazraat Beit Jinn al-Nufour Qalaat al-Jandal al-Qleiaah Rakhlah Ras al-Ayn Rasem al-Tahin Rima al-Sabboura Sa'sa' al-Shawkatliyah Yaafour   Darayya District Darayya Ashrafiyat Sahnaya al-Hajar al-Aswad Muadamiyat al-Sham Sahnaya   Qudsaya District Qudsaya Ashrafiyat al-Wadi Ain al-Fijah Basimah Dahiyat Qudsaya Deir Muqaran Deir Qanun al-Dimas Efra al-Hamah al-Husseiniyah Jamraya Jdeidat al-Wadi Jdeidat Yabous Kfeir Yabous Kfeir al-Zayt Maadar Mazraat Deir al-Ashayer Qura al-Assad Yabous

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