Dakhla refugee camp () is a
Sahrawi refugee camp in
Tindouf province in southwestern
Algeria
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. The settlement is also known as Garet Djebilet (also written Gâra Djebilet
). It is located southeast of Tindouf near the Mauritanian
border
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, and is the location of an
iron mine
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. As of 2003, the camp has a population of about 38,180
Sahrawi refugees, according to
UNHCR
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statistics.
It is named after the city of
Dakhla in
Western Sahara
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.
References
Neighbouring towns and cities
Populated places in Tindouf Province
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Sahrawi refugee camps
Refugee camps in Algeria