Official Name: | Dakhla refugee camp |
Native Name: | مخيم الداخلة |
Settlement Type: | Refugee Camp |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Algeria |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Tindouf Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tindouf District |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Tindouf[1] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 38,180 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 26.7464°N -7.2631°W |
Elevation M: | 454 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 37004 |
Iso Code: | DZ-37 |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Dakhla refugee camp is a Sahrawi refugee camp in Tindouf province in southwestern Algeria. The settlement is also known as Garet Djebilet (also written Gâra Djebilet[2]). It is located 134km (83miles) southeast of Tindouf near the Mauritanian border, and is the location of an iron mine. As of 2003, the camp has a population of about 38,180 Sahrawi refugees, according to UNHCR statistics.[3] It is named after the city of Dakhla in Western Sahara.
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