Dheisheh

Dheisheh is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of in the . Dheisheh was established in 1949 on 0.31 square kilometers of land leased from the Jordanian government.
Wikipedia
Photo: أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Refugee camp
  • Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Bethlehem Governorate
  • Also known as: “Ad Duhayshah”, “Ad Duheisha”, “Ad Duheisha Camp”, “Dheisheh Camp”, “Dhesheh Camp”, “Ed Duheisha”, and “Mukhayyam ad Duhayshah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Solomon’s Pools and Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital.

Park
Photo: حمزة راشد, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Solomon's Pools are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central , immediately to the south of , about 3.5 kilometres southwest of , near the road to . is situated 1½ km southwest of Dheisheh.

Hospital
Photo: أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or Dr. Muhammad Saeed Kamal Psychiatric Hospital, is a Palestinian medical institution located in the city of in the . is situated 1 km northeast of Dheisheh.

Monastery
Photo: Benoit Soubeyran, CC BY 2.0.
is a monastery, which is situated 2 km northeast of Dheisheh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Artas and Al-Dawha.

Village
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is a Palestinian village located four kilometers southwest of in the of , in the central . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village council had a population of 5,745 in 2017.

Town
is a Palestinian area located in , two kilometers southwest of . Originally a part of Beit Jala, in 1977 the mayor of Beit Jala made an official trip to where he was endowed with a sum of money to develop the town's infrastructure.

Dheisheh

Latitude
31.69357° or 31° 41′ 37″ north
Longitude
35.18383° or 35° 11′ 2″ east
Population
6,830
Elevation
812 metres (2,664 feet)
Open location code
8G3QM5VM+CG
Geo­Names ID
281196
Wiki­data ID
Q2081307
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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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