Deir Ammar Camp | |
Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
Translit Lang1 Info: | مخيّم دير عمّار |
Type: | Refugee Camp |
Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Deir Ammar Camp within Palestine |
Coordinates: | 31.9659°N 35.0989°W |
Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Established Title: | Founded |
Unit Pref: | dunam |
Area Total Dunam: | 145 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1884 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Deir Ammar Camp (ar|مخيّم دير عمّار) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, approximately 30km (20miles) northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp had a population of 1,884 inhabitants in 2017.
Established in 1949, the camp was set up on land previously owned by non-refugee residents of the village of Deir Ammar. In return, UNRWA's facilities in the camp also provide services to the non-refugee villagers. The camp falls under joint Israeli-Palestinian control in "Area B".[2] The refugee camp has two schools: the boys' school which has 680 pupils, and the girls' school which has 735 pupils.[2]