Nur Shams

Nur Shams is a Palestinian refugee camp in the in the northwestern , located three kilometres east of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Nur Shams had a population of 6,479 inhabitants in 2007 and 6,423 by 2017.
Wikipedia
أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Refugee camp
  • …has 6,420 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 119 metres (390 feet)
  • 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”
    “Nur Shams, Tulkarm”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and Tul Karm War Cemetery.
Mohammad Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
… is situated 3 km west of Nur Shams.
Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0.
is situated 4 km west of Nur Shams.
أمين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km west of Nur Shams.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Iktaba and Tulkarm Refugee Camp.
is a Palestinian town located four kilometers…
WalidHsein, CC BY 3.0.
Tulkarm Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp north…

Nur Shams

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Latitude
32.32157° or 32° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.05876° or 35° 3′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G4Q83C5+JG
Geo­Names ID
282498
Wiki­data ID
Q7069998

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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”
  • Central Kurdish: “نوور شەمس”
  • Chinese: “努尔沙姆斯”
  • Chinese: “努爾沙姆斯”
  • Dutch: “Nur Shams, Tulkarm”
  • French: “Nur Shams, Tulkarm”
  • French: “Nur Shams”
  • German: “Nur Schams”
  • German: “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”
  • “Nur Shams Camp”

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