Palestine
Gaza Strip
Deir al-Balah Governorate

Bureij

Bureij 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 35,000 residents
  • Description: refugee camp in Deir al-Balah Governorate
  • Also known as: “Al Buraij”, “Al-Bureij”, “Bureij camp”, “Bureij Refugee Camp”, and “El Bureij”

Places of Interest

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 , .

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 Nuseirat refugee camp and Al Maghazi Refugee Camp.

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.

Town
is a Palestinian town in the of the , located six kilometers southwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 11,458 in 2017. is situated 3½ km north of Bureij.

Bureij

Latitude
31.4382° or 31° 26′ 18″ north
Longitude
34.40358° or 34° 24′ 13″ east
Population
35,000
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8G3PCCQ3+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 505034839
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­refugee_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
281161
Wiki­data ID
Q2928440
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Bureij” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البريج”
  • Arabic: “مخيم البريج”
  • Arabic: “مخيّم البريج”
  • Catalan: “camp de Bureij”
  • Catalan: “Camp de Bureij”
  • Cebuano: “Al Burayj”
  • Chinese: “布赖吉”
  • Chinese: “布雷吉”
  • Dutch: “Bureij”
  • Finnish: “Bureijin pakolaisleiri”
  • French: “Bureij”
  • German: “Bureidsch”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בורייג‘”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בורייג’”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה פליטים בורייג׳”
  • Indonesian: “Bureij”
  • Japanese: “ブレイジュ”
  • Japanese: “ブレイジ難民キャンプ”
  • Korean: “알 부레이지 난민촌”
  • Malay: “Bureij”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam al-Burajdż”
  • Russian: “Бурейдж”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Bureij”
  • Turkish: “Bureyc Mülteci Kampı”
  • Urdu: “بریج”

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