Official Name: | Jabal el-Hussein camp |
Native Name: | مخيم الحسين |
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: | Amman Governorate |
Established Date: | 1952 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.42 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 32,000 |
Timezone: | Eastern European Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | Arabia Standard Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 31.9644°N 35.9064°W |
Jabal el-Hussein camp (ar| مخيم الحسين) is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman.[1]
It is one of the first four camps in Jordan founded to accommodate refugees from the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight,[1] the others being Irbid camp, Al-Wehdat refugee camp and Zarqa Camp.