Deir el-Balah refugee camp

Deir al-Balah Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the of the southern , located one kilometer northwest of the center of city, of which it practically forms part.
Wikipedia
  • 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: Saint Hilarion Monastery and Kfar Darom.

Archaeological site
Photo: RIZEK ABDELJAWAD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was an ancient Christian monastery in . is situated 3½ km northeast of Deir el-Balah 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 3 km southeast of Deir el-Balah refugee camp.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a small Israeli settlement located… is situated 3½ km southwest of Deir el-Balah refugee camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir el-Balah and Az-Zawayda.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the…

Town
, also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian… is situated 2½ km east of Deir el-Balah refugee camp.

Deir el-Balah refugee camp

Latitude
31.42393° or 31° 25′ 26″ north
Longitude
34.33903° or 34° 20′ 21″ east
Population
6,340
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8G3PC8FQ+HJ
Geo­Names ID
281140
Wiki­data ID
Q3021326
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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”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Al Brawk and Al Masīḩī.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Shaykh Muḩammad and Shaykh Muḩammad al Yamanī.

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