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Bureij

Bureij is a refugee camp in , and has about 23,700 residents. Bureij is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the suburb .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gaza Power Station and Deir El Belah War Cemetery.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gaza Power Plant is a fossil fuel power station in , . is situated 2 km north of Bureij.

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. is situated 3 km southwest of Bureij.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camp.

Suburb
Photo: שועל, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the central east of the Salah al-Din Road in the . The camp's total land area is 529 dunums and in 2017, it had a population of 28,024 with 28,770 registered refugees.

Town
Photo: Mujaddara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nuseirat Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the , five kilometers north-east of . The refugee camp is in the , Gaza Strip.

Suburb
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the in the central . It was established in 1949. The camp is built on 559 dunums.

Bureij

Latitude
31.43846° or 31° 26′ 19″ north
Longitude
34.40409° or 34° 24′ 15″ east
Population
23,700
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
8G3PCCQ3+9J
Geo­Names ID
281142
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In Other Languages

“Bureij” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم البريج”

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