al-Am'ari Refugee Camp ( ar, مخيّم الأمعري) is a
Palestinian refugee camp in the
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate ( ar, محافظة رام الله والبيرة ') is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers a large part of the central West Bank, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate. Its district ...
, located 2 kilometers South of
Al Bireh in the central
West Bank. According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official
statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures a ...
(PCBS), the camp had a population of 5,719 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. The al-Am'ari camp has 10,377 registered refugees.
History
The al-Am'ari camp was established in 1949 on 90 dunums within the municipal boundaries of al-Bireh. By 1957, all tents in the camp were replaced with cement block shelters. Like most of the West Bank camps, Amari suffers from overcrowding, poor sewerage and water networks. The camp falls in under Palestinian Authority control.
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administered by the United Nations subsidiary organ, UNRWA The refugee camp has 2 schools, the boys school has 1250 pupils and the girls school has 970 pupils.
During the
First Intifada
The First Intifada, or First Palestinian Intifada (also known simply as the intifada or intifadah),The word ''intifada'' () is an Arabic word meaning "uprising". Its strict Arabic transliteration is '. was a sustained series of Palestinian ...
on 3 April 1989 Muhammad Ismail, aged 20, was shot dead by
Israeli soldiers. Eleven months later the
Central Command military advocate concluded that soldiers did not deviate from orders and the file be closed.
The al-Am'ari camp's football team has won the Palestine football championship several times and has been designated to represent Palestine in regional and international competitions.
was raised in Am'ari.
In 2016, the German rapper
Kollegah founded the "Kollegah educational school", which provides education for the children living in the camp.
Footnotes
External links
Am'ari refugee camp UNWRA
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians displaced by the 1948 P ...
Welcome To 'Amari Refugee CampAl Am’ari Camp (Fact Sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Al Am’ari Camp Profile
ARIJ
Al Am’ari Camp, arial photo
ARIJ
{{Palestinian refugee camps
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
Populated places established in 1949
Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank