Dheisheh
Dheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Dheisheh was established in 1949 on 0.31 square kilometers of land leased from the Jordanian government.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Bethlehem Governorate
- Also known as: “Ad Duhayshah”, “Dheisheh Camp”, “Dhesheh Camp”, “Ed Duheisha”, and “Mukhayyam ad Duhayshah”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Solomon’s Pools and Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital.
Solomon’s Pools
Park
Solomon's Pools are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank, immediately to the south of al-Khader, about 3.5 kilometres southwest of Bethlehem, near the road to Hebron. Solomon’s Pools is situated 1½ km southwest of Dheisheh.
Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital
Hospital
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Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital, or Dr. Muhammad Saeed Kamal Psychiatric Hospital, is a Palestinian medical institution located in the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital is situated 1 km northeast of Dheisheh.
Al-Carmel Convent
Church
Photo: Benoit Soubeyran, CC BY 2.0.
Al-Carmel Convent is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Dheisheh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artas and Al-Dawha.
Artas
Village
Artas is a Palestinian village located four kilometers southwest of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village council had a population of 5,745 in 2017.
Al-Dawha
Town
Al-Dawha is a Palestinian area located in Beit Jala, two kilometers southwest of Bethlehem. Originally a part of Beit Jala, in 1977 the mayor of Beit Jala made an official trip to Qatar where he was endowed with a sum of money to develop the town's infrastructure.
Dheisheh
- Categories: refugee camp and Palestinian refugee camp
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Dheisheh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الدهيشة”
- Arabic: “مخيم الدهيشة”
- Arabic: “مخيم الدهيشه”
- Catalan: “Dheisheh”
- Dutch: “Dheisheh”
- Finnish: “Ad-Duhayšahin pakolaisleiri”
- French: “Dheisheh”
- Galician: “Dheisheh”
- Galician: “مخيم الدهيشة”
- German: “Dheisheh”
- Hebrew: “דהיישה”
- Hungarian: “Dheisheh”
- Indonesian: “Dheisheh”
- Italian: “Dheisheh”
- Japanese: “ドハイシャ・キャンプ”
- Persian: “اردوگاه الدهیشه”
- Polish: “Muchajjam ad-Duhajsza”
- Portuguese: “Dheisheh”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Dheisheh”
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