Nur Shams
Nur Shams is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank, located three kilometres east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Nur Shams had a population of 6,479 inhabitants in 2007 and 6,423 by 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: refugee camp in Tulkarm, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Mukhaiyam Nūr Shams”, “Mukhayyam Nūr ash Shams”, “Nur Shams Camp”, “Nur Shams Camp, Tulkarm”, and “Nur Shams, Tulkarm”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and Tul Karm War Cemetery.
Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Mohammad Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital or Tulkarm Governmental Hospital is a government hospital in Tulkarm, West Bank, Palestine. It is under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital is situated 3 km west of Nur Shams.
Alfadliyah secondary boys school
School
Photo: أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alfadliyah secondary boys school is situated 3½ km west of Nur Shams.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iktaba and Tulkarm Refugee Camp.
Iktaba
Village
Iktaba is a Palestinian town located four kilometers Northeast of the city of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,665 inhabitants in 2007 and 2,997 by 2017.
Tulkarm Refugee Camp
Suburb
Photo: WalidHsein, CC BY 3.0.
Tulkarm Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp north of the West Bank in the city of Tulkarm, established in 1950 on 0.18 km2 by the UNRWA. It is the second largest refugee camp in the West Bank, as well as one of the most densely populated.
Nur Shams
- Categories: refugee camp, Palestinian refugee camp, and human settlement
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Nur Shams” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم نور الشمس”
- Arabic: “مخيم نور شمس”
- Catalan: “Nur Shams”
- Chinese: “努尔沙姆斯”
- Chinese: “努爾沙姆斯”
- Dutch: “Nur Shams, Tulkarm”
- French: “Nur Shams, Tulkarm”
- French: “Nur Shams”
- Hebrew: “נור א-שמס”
- Hebrew: “נור שמס”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nur Shams i Tulkarm”
- Persian: “اردوگاه نور شمس”
- Persian: “نور شمس”
- Polish: “Muchajjam Nur Szams”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Nur Shams”
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