Deir el-Balah refugee camp
Deir al-Balah Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Deir al-Balah Governorate of the southern Gaza Strip, located one kilometer northwest of the center of Deir al-Balah city, of which it practically forms part.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: refugee camp in Deir al-Balah Governorate
- Also known as: “Deir al-Balah Camp”, “Deir El-Balah”, and “Mukhayyam Dayr al Balaḩ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kfar Darom and Tel Katifa.
Kfar Darom
Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Darom was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip. Kfar Darom is situated 3 km southeast of Deir el-Balah refugee camp.
Tel Katifa
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Katifa was a small Israeli settlement located in the northeast end of the Gush Katif settlement bloc of the Gaza Strip, and evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005. Tel Katifa is situated 3½ km southwest of Deir el-Balah refugee camp.
Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. After the Armistice of Mudros ended the Ottoman Empire's participation in the First World War, some graves were relocated from nearby to the Deir El Balah War Cemetery. Deir El Belah War Cemetery is situated 3½ km east of Deir el-Balah refugee camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deir el-Balah and Az-Zawayda.
Deir el-Balah
Town
Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the administrative capital of the Deir al-Balah Governorate. It is located over 14 kilometers south of Gaza City.
Az-Zawayda
Town
Az-Zawayda, also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Strip, in the Deir al-Balah Governorate of the State of Palestine. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the city of Deir al-Balah and just west of Maghazi refugee camp. Az-Zawayda is situated 2½ km east of Deir el-Balah refugee camp.
Deir el-Balah refugee camp
- Categories: refugee camp and Palestinian refugee camp
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Deir el-Balah refugee camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم دير البلح”
- Catalan: “camp de Deir al-Balah”
- Catalan: “Camp de Deir al-Balah”
- Dutch: “Deir al-Balah Camp”
- French: “Deir el-Balah”
- Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים דיר אל-בלח”
- Norwegian: “Deir el-Balah flyktningleir”
- Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگان دیرالبلح”
- Polish: “Muchajjam Dajr al-Balah”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Deir al-Balah”
- Turkish: “Deyr El Balah Mülteci Kampı”
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