Madaba camp

Palestinian camp in Madaba Governorate, Jordan

Madaba camp is a Palestinian diaspora camp established in Jordan 1956.^[1] It is located half a kilometer from the city of Madaba, south of the Jordanian capital of Amman, and is administratively affiliated with the Madaba Governorate. It is the smallest Palestinian camp in Jordan in terms of area and population, as its area is estimated at 112 dunams (0.04 square miles (0.10 km²)), and its population is about 10,500 people. Some 1,200 families reside in the camp.^[2] As of 2018, Madaba camp was not recognized by UNRWA.^[3]

The camp contains two schools (one for boys and one for girls) affiliated with the International Relief Agency,^[4] operating in double shifts, a health center affiliated with the International Relief Agency, and a government health centre.^[3]

References

^ ""We are all brothers in the end". Three conflicts, three generations; Syrian, Iraqi and Palestinian refugees in Jordan". www.opendemocracy.net. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^ "A historical overview of Madaba, Archived from the original on September 26, 2022 استشهاد ويب". www.dpa.gov.jo. Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ ^a ^b "Madaba Camp: UNRWA's failure to provide cleaning services to the camp saves it from the consequences of reducing workers. Archived from the original on 10/09/2021". Al-Ghad newspaper. March 10, 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "MADABA COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR PALESTINE REFUGEE CHILDREN". www.unrwa.org. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015^[1]

Gaza Strip
518,000 UNRWA refugees

West Bank
188,150 UNRWA refugees

Syria
319,958 UNRWA refugees

Lebanon
188,850 UNRWA refugees

Jordan
355,500 UNRWA refugees

Al-Shati (Beach camp)	87,000
Bureij	34,000
Deir al-Balah	21,000
Jabalia	110,000
Khan Yunis	72,000
Maghazi	24,000
Nuseirat	66,000
Rafah	104,000
Canada	closed

Aqabat Jaber	6,400
Ein as-Sultan	1,900
Far'a	7,600
Fawwar	8,000
Jalazone	11,000
Qalandia	11,000
Am'ari	10,500
Deir 'Ammar	2,400
Dheisheh	13,000
Aida	4,700
Al-Arroub	10,400
Askar	15,900
Balata	23,600
'Azza (Beit Jibrin)	1,000
Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1)	6,750
Tulkarm	18,000
Nur Shams	9,000
Jenin	16,000
Shu'fat	11,000
Silwad
Birzeit

Sabinah	22,600
Khan al-Shih	20,000
Nayrab	20,500
Homs	22,000
Jaramana	18,658
Daraa	10,000
Hama	8,000
Khan Danoun	10,000
Qabr Essit	23,700

Unofficial camps
Ein Al-Tal	6,000
Latakia	10,000
Yarmouk	148,500

Bourj el-Barajneh	17,945
Ain al-Hilweh	54,116
El Buss	11,254
Nahr al-Bared	5,857
Shatila	9,842
Wavel	8,806
Mar Elias	662
Mieh Mieh	5,250
Beddawi	16,500
Burj el-Shemali	22,789
Dbayeh	4,351
Rashidieh	31,478

Former camps
Tel al-Zaatar	?
Nabatieh	?

Zarqa	20,000
Jabal el-Hussein	29,000
Amman New (Wihdat)	51,500
Souf	20,000
Baqa'a	104,000
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp)	22,000
Irbid	25,000
Jerash	24,000
Marka	53,000
Talbieh	8,000
Al-Hassan	?
Madaba	?
Sokhna	?