Kalandia Camp

Kalandia Camp is a refugee camp in , and has about 8,760 residents. Kalandia Camp is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the aerodrome .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qalandia Airport and Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu.

Aerodrome
Photo: Ehudg, Public domain.
Jerusalem International Airport was a regional airport located in the city of . When it was opened in 1925, it was the first airport in the British Mandate for Palestine. is situated 1 km west of Kalandia Camp.

College
Photo: יוסף לברן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a college, which is situated 2 km northeast of Kalandia Camp.

Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Atarot was a moshav in Mandatory Palestine, north of along the highway to Ramallah. It was named after the biblical Atarot mentioned in Joshua 16:2, which is believed to have been situated nearby. is situated 1½ km southwest of Kalandia Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qalandiya Refugee Camp and Kafr ’Aqab.

Town
Photo: L-BBE, CC BY 3.0.
Qalandia Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in 1949 by the Red Cross on land leased from . It covers 353 dunums as of 2006 and had a population of 8,336 in 2017.

Suburb
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kafr 'Aqab is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in . It is part of the area annexed and included in municipal Jerusalem following its occupation by Israel in 1967.

Village
Photo: Yoninah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Zion is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Kalandia Camp

Latitude
31.86801° or 31° 52′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.22847° or 35° 13′ 43″ east
Population
8,760
Elevation
768 metres (2,520 feet)
Open location code
8G3QV69H+69
Geo­Names ID
282460
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Kalandia Camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم قلنديا”

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