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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Photo: Khalid AlSaidni, CC BY 4.0.
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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”
Photo: Khalid AlSaidni, CC BY 4.0.
Photo: שועל, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gaza Power Station and Saint Hilarion Monastery.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gaza Power Plant is a fossil fuel power station in , .

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

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. 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…

Suburb
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the…

Village
is a Palestinian village in the central… is situated 3½ km southwest 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”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه البریج”
  • Persian: “بریج”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam al-Burajdż”
  • Romanian: “Bureij”
  • Russian: “Бурейдж”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Bureij”
  • Turkish: “Bureyc Mülteci Kampı”
  • Urdu: “بریج”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bureij and Rashīdah.

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