Qaddura Refugee Camp ( ar, مخيّم قدورة) 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 just outside downtown
Ramallah
Ramallah ( , ; ar, رام الله, , God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank that serves as the ''de facto'' administrative capital of the State of Palestine. It is situated on the Judaean Mountains, north of Jerusale ...
in the central
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. 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 924 inhabitants in 2017.
Qaddura camp was established in 1948, but is not recognized as an official
UNRWA
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 ...
camp.
Footnotes
External links
Welcome To Kaddourah R.C.Qaddura Camp (Fact Sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Qaddura Camp Profile
ARIJ
Qaddura Camp aerial photo
ARIJ
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
Populated places established in 1948
Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank
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