Official Name: | Jerash Camp |
Native Name: | مخيم جرش |
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: | 1968 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.75 |
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: | 32.2723°N 35.8914°W |
Jerash Camp (Arabic: مخيم جرش), known locally as Gaza camp, is one of the ten officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Irbid.[1] Jerash camp is situated five kilometres from the Roman ruins of Jerash.
It was originally founded in 1968 as an "emergency" camp following the 1967 Palestinian exodus.[2] In the beginning, the camp only existed out of tent encampments. Because of the unexpected period of Palestinian displacement and the enterprise of camp residents, the camp's construction has been merely ad hoc.