Far'a, Faraa or al-Fari'ah () is a

Palestinian refugee camp Palestinian refugee camps were first established to accommodate Palestinians who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight during the 1948 Palestine war. Camps were established by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UN ...

in the foothills of the Jordan Valley in the northwestern

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. It is located 12 kilometers south of

Jenin Jenin ( ; , ) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupied territories, Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administra ...

, 2 kilometers south of Tubas, 3 kilometers northwest of Tammun, and 17 kilometers northeast of

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Demographics

According to the

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(PCBS), the camp had a population of 5,750

refugee A refugee, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is a person "forced to flee their own country and seek safety in another country. They are unable to return to their own country because of feared persecution as ...

s in 2006.Projected Mid -Year Population for Tubas District by Locality 2004- 2006

(PCBS) The

UNRWA The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA, pronounced ) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians who fl ...

recorded a population of 7,244 registered refugees in 2005.Far'a Refugee Camp

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(UNRWA). 2005-03-31. The PCBS recorded a population of 5,625 by 2017.

History

Far'a was established in 1949 following the

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on 255

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s of land. It is one of the few camps in the West Bank that is supplied water by the nearby spring of Far'a, from which the camp receives its name. The camp was under Jordanian and

Israeli occupation Israel has occupied the Golan Heights of Syria and the Palestinian territories since the Six-Day War of 1967. It has previously occupied the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt and southern Lebanon as well. Prior to 1967, control of the Palestinian terr ...

until November 1998, when it came under the complete control of the

Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian Authority (PA), officially known as the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a c ...

, as a result of the

Wye River Memorandum The Wye River Memorandum was an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinian Authority at a summit in Wye River, Maryland, U.S., held 15–23 October 1998. The Memorandum aimed to resume the implementation of the 1995 Interim Agre ...

. Most of the camp's labor force works in

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and some work in construction in the

Israeli settlement Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Israeli Jews, Jewish identity or ethni ...

s of the Jordan Valley. In 1996, the

built two schools in Far'a with financial contributions from the

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and by 2005 there were 1,794 pupils. In 2005, 863 families depended on UN food rations.

References

External links

El Far'a Camp (Fact Sheet)

Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ; ) is a Palestinian NGO founded in 1990 with its main office in Bethlehem in the West Bank. ARIJ is actively working on research projects in the fields of management of natural resources, water m ...

(ARIJ) February, 2006
El Far'a Camp Profile
ARIJ, 2006
Far'a
articles from

{{Palestinian refugee camps Populated places established in 1949 1949 establishments in the West Bank Governorate Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank Tubas Governorate

Demographics

History

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