Tel al-Sultan refugee camp

Palestinian settlement

Refugee Camp in Rafah, State of Palestine
31°18′32.32″N 34°14′35.17″E / 31.3089778°N 34.2431028°E / 31.3089778; 34.2431028StateState of PalestineGovernorateRafahGovernment
 • TypeRefugee CampPopulation
 (2006[1])
 • Total24,418

Tel al-Sultan or Tall as-Sultan (Arabic: معسكر تل السلطان) is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the Rafah Governorate just north of Rafah city and Rafah Camp.[2] It was established mainly to absorb refugees repatriated from Canada Camp.[3]

UNRWA does not make a distinction between Rafah Camp and Tall as-Sultan.[3] The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2006 mid-year estimate for Tall as-Sultan is 24,418.[1]

On 26 May 2024, it was struck by Israeli airstrikes, killing at least 50 people, most of whom were women and children.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Projected Mid -Year Population for Rafah Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
  2. ^ OCHA map Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b UNRWA Rafah refugee camp profile
  4. ^ "Israeli air strike kills dozens in Rafah's Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood designated for displaced people – ABC News". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Israel strikes Rafah as pressure mounts over war in Gaza". CNN. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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Rafah Governorate
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Municipalities
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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 Jaber6,400
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
Sabinah22,600
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-Barajneh17,945
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  ?
Zarqa20,000
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  ?
References
  1. ^ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.


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