Maghazi refugee camp

Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the in the central . It was established in 1949. The camp is built on 559 dunums.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Refugee camp
  • Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza Strip
  • Also known as: “Al Maghaze”, “Al Maghazi”, “Al Maghazi Camp”, “Al-Magazi”, “Al-Maghazi”, “Maghazi Camp”, “Mukhayyam al Maghāzī”, “Mukhayyam Shaykh al Maghāzī”, “מועזי”, and “مخيم المغازي للاجئين”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Deir El Belah War Cemetery and Saint Hilarion Monastery.

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. is situated 1 km west of Maghazi refugee camp.

Archaeological site
Photo: RIZEK ABDELJAWAD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was an ancient Christian monastery in . is situated 3½ km northwest of Maghazi refugee camp.

Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the . is situated 3½ km southwest of Maghazi refugee camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Musaddar and Az-Zawayda.

Village
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Town
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Maghazi refugee camp

Latitude
31.42234° or 31° 25′ 20″ north
Longitude
34.38501° or 34° 23′ 6″ east
Population
15,800
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC9CP+W2
Geo­Names ID
281086
Wiki­data ID
Q3079750
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Maghazi refugee camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم المغازي”
  • Catalan: “Camp de Maghazi”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەمپی مەغازی”
  • Chinese: “马加齐”
  • Finnish: “Al-Maghazin pakolaisleiri”
  • French: “Maghazi”
  • German: “Maghazi”
  • Hebrew: “מע’אזי”
  • Indonesian: “Maghazi”
  • Japanese: “マガジ”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگان مغازی”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam al-Maghazi”
  • Romanian: “Tabăra de refugiați al-Maghazi”
  • Russian: “Магази”
  • Slovenian: “Magazi”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Maghazi”
  • Turkish: “Magazi Mülteci Kampı”
  • Urdu: “مغازی پناہ گزین کیمپ”

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Places to explore: Katif and Az Zuwāydah.

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Places to explore: Shaykh al Maghāzī and Bureij.

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