Azza ( ar, مخيم العزة; also spelled ''Azzeh'', ''Azzah'' or ''Alazzeh'') also known as Beit Jibrin Camp ( ar, مخيم بيت جبرين) is a
Palestinian refugee camp in the
Bethlehem Governorate located within the city of
Bethlehem. It is the smallest of the 59 refugee camps in the
West Bank and the other Arab countries. It was established in 1950 in an area of and receives services from
UNRWA workers based in nearby
Aida camp
Aida ( ar, مخيم عايده), also spelled 'Ayda, is a Palestinian refugee camp situated north of the historic centre of Bethlehem and north of Beit Jala, in the central West Bank, State of Palestine.
According to the UNRWA, the camp had ...
, but inside the camp, there are no medical or educational services, so it was merged with the Aida camp to receive services.
The camp is named after a prominent
Palestinian family from the depopulated village of
Beit Jibrin
Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin ( ar, بيت جبرين; he, בית גוברין, translit=Beit Gubrin) was a Palestinian village located northwest of the city of Hebron. The village had a total land area of 56,185 dunams or , of which were ...
west of the
Hebron Hills in present-day
Israel. The UNRWA recorded a population of 2,025 in 2005,
while the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics projected a population of 1,750 in 2006,
Projected Mid -Year Population for Bethlehem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. with UNRWA reporting a population of approximately 1,337 refugees and 2,900 total in 2016.
References
External links
Welcome To Bayt Jibrin R.C.
Al 'Aza Camp (fact sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Al 'Aza Camp profile
ARIJ
Al'aza Camp aerial photo
ARIJ
The priorities and needs for development in Al 'Aza camp based on the community and local authorities' assessment
ARIJ
Beit Jibrin refugee camp
articles from UNWRA, archived fro
the original
on 2013-08-29
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1950 establishments in Jordan
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