Official Name: | Irbid Camp |
Native Name: | مخيم إربد |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | Refugee camp |
Pushpin Map: | Jordan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jordan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Jordan |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Irbid Governorate |
Established Date: | 1951 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.24 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 29,000 |
Timezone: | Eastern European Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | Arabia Standard Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 32.55°N 86°W |
Irbid Camp (Arabic: مخيم إربد) is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Irbid.[1]
It was one of the four camps founded in Jordan to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight,[1] the others being Jabal el-Hussein camp, Al-Wehdat refugee camp and Zarqa Camp.