Ain al-Hilweh
Ain al-Hilweh, also spelled as Ayn al-Hilweh and Ein El Hilweh, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. It had a population of over 70,000 Palestinian refugees but swelled to nearly 120,000, as a result of influx of refugees from Syria since 2011.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Ain al Hilwi”, “Camp Aïn el Hiloué”, “Maqsam ej Jaouhari”, and “Mukhayyam ‘Ayn al Ḩulwah”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Sidon Sea Castle and Sidon Land Castle.
The Sidon Sea Castle
Castle
Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sidon's Sea Castle was built by the crusaders in the thirteenth century as a fortress of the Holy Land. It is one of the most prominent historical sites in the port city of Sidon, Lebanon. The Sidon Sea Castle is situated 3 km north of Ain al-Hilweh.
Sidon Land Castle
Castle
Photo: BlingBling10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Castle of Saint Louis, also known as Qalaat al Muizz or the Land Castle, is a ruined castle in Sidon, Lebanon. It was built in 1254 by French crusaders on the site of an earlier Fatimid fortress, and was altered a number of times until the 17th century. Sidon Land Castle is situated 2 km north of Ain al-Hilweh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darb as-Sim and Miye ou Miye.
Darb as-Sim
Village
Darb as-Sim is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon.
Miye ou Miye
Village
Photo: Philbous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miye ou Miye is a municipality in southern Lebanon located 5 km East of Sidon and 45 km south of the capital Beirut and it overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.
Zeghdraiya
Village
Zaghdraiya is a municipality in the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located southeast of Sidon. The village is bordered with a number of villages/towns like Darb es Sim, Maghdouche, Miye ou Miye.
Ain al-Hilweh
- Categories: refugee camp and Palestinian refugee camp
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Ain al-Hilweh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم عين الحلوة”
- Arabic: “مخيم عين الحلوه”
- Basque: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- Catalan: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- Chinese: “艾因赫勒韦”
- Dutch: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مخيم عين الحلوه”
- Finnish: “Ain al-Hilwehin pakolaisleiri”
- French: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- French: “Ein El Helwe”
- German: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- Hebrew: “עין אל-חילווה”
- Hebrew: “עין אלחילוה”
- Hebrew: “עין אלחלווה”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ein al-Helweh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ein El Helweh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ein el-Helweh”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ein-el-Helweh”
- Norwegian: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- Persian: “عین الحلوه”
- Persian: “مخیم عین الحلوة”
- Polish: “Muchajjam Ajn al-Halwati”
- Spanish: “Ain al-Hilweh”
- Spanish: “Ayn al Hilwe”
- Spanish: “Ayn al-Hilwe”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Ain al-Hilweh”
- Spanish: “Ein el Jilue”
- Spanish: “Ein el-Jilue”
- Turkish: “Ain Al Hilweh”
- Turkish: “Ein el-Hilweh”
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