Rashidieh
Rashidieh, or Ar-Rashidiyah is the second most populous Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, located on the Mediterranean coast about five kilometres south of the city of Tyre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: refugee camp in South Governorate, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Ar Rashīdīyah”, “Ar Rāshidīyah”, “Ar Rushaydīyah”, “Er Rachîdîyé”, “Er Rusheidiye”, “Er-Rashadiyah”, and “Mukhayyam ar Rashīdīyah”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tyre Hippodrome and Ruins of Tyre Necropolis.
Tyre Hippodrome
Archaeological site
Photo: Ibrahimamirnaeem, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tyre Hippodrome, located in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, is an ancient sporting arena and UNESCO World Heritage site dating back to the second century AD. Tyre Hippodrome is situated 3 km north of Rashidieh.
Ruins of Tyre Necropolis
Ruins
Photo: Matze187, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The al-Bass necropolis is a Lebanese UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the al-Bass archaeological site in the city of Tyre situated next to the el-Buss refugee camp. Ruins of Tyre Necropolis is situated 3 km north of Rashidieh.
El Bass Refugee Camp
Social service facility
Al-Buss camp – also transliterated Bass, Al-Bass, or El-Buss with the definite article spelled either al or el – is one of the twelve Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, located in the Southern Lebanese city of Tyre. El Bass Refugee Camp is situated 3½ km north of Rashidieh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain and Tyre.
Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain
Village
Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain is a place abounding with immense fountains, with reservoirs and aqueducts 6 kilometers south of Tyre, and ca. 77 kilometers south of Beirut, in the South Governorate, in the municipality of Deir Qanoun Ras al-Ain.
Tyre
Photo: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tyre is the fourth-largest city in Lebanon. It is particularly noteworthy for its stunning and clean beaches as well as some of the finest examples of Roman architecture in the world.
Batoulay
Village
Batoulay (old name: Beit Hulei, is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. Batoulay is situated 4½ km southeast of Rashidieh.
Rashidieh
- Categories: refugee camp and Palestinian refugee camp
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rashidieh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الراشدية”
- Arabic: “الرشيديّة”
- Arabic: “مخيم الرشيدية”
- German: “Ar-Raschidiya”
- Hebrew: “רשידיה”
- Japanese: “ラシディヤ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rashidiyeh”
- Norwegian: “Rashidiyeh”
- Persian: “اردوگاه الرشیدیه”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Rashidieh”
- Swedish: “Rashidiyeh”
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