Jerash camp explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/jordan/jerash-camp UNRWA Jerash camp
  2. Book: Feldman, Ilana . Life lived in relief : humanitarian predicaments and Palestinian refugee politics . 2018 . 978-0-520-97128-8 . Oakland, California . 1043049820.