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Jenin refugee camp

The Jenin refugee camp, also known as the Jenin camp, is a town originally founded in 1953 as a Palestinian refugee camp located within the city of in the northern .
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  • Type: Refugee camp
  • Description: refugee Camp in Jenin Governorate, State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Jenin”, “Jenin Camp”, “Jenin Refugee Camp”, and “Mukhayyam Janīn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Freedom Theatre and Burkin Church.

Theater building
Photo: Guillom, CC BY 3.0.
is a Palestinian community-based theatre and cultural center in the Jenin refugee camp, in , in the northern part of the , . is situated 330 metres north of Jenin refugee camp.

Church
Photo: Sylwia Ufnalska, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burqin Church, also known as the Church of the Ten Lepers or Church of St George, is a Greek Orthodox church established during the Byzantine period and located in the Palestinian town of , in the of . is situated 2½ km west of Jenin refugee camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jenin and Burqin.

Photo: Extua, CC BY 4.0.
is a city in the , , and is the capital of the . It is a hub for the surrounding towns. came under Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority as Area A of the West Bank, a Palestinian enclave, in 1995.

Village
Photo: A abualrob, Public domain.
is a Palestinian town in the northern located 5 km west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, its population was 5,685 in 2007 and 7,126 in 2017. is situated 2½ km west of Jenin refugee camp.

Jenin refugee camp

Latitude
32.4605° or 32° 27′ 38″ north
Longitude
35.28823° or 35° 17′ 18″ east
Population
10,200
Elevation
157 metres (515 feet)
Open location code
8G4QF76Q+57
Geo­Names ID
283505
Wiki­data ID
Q12241548
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Satellite Map

Discover Jenin refugee camp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Jenin refugee camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنين، مخيم جنين”
  • Arabic: “مخيم جنين، جنين”
  • Arabic: “مخيم جنين”
  • Bengali: “জেনিন শিবির”
  • Catalan: “camp de refugiats de Jenin”
  • Chinese: “傑寧營地”
  • Chinese: “傑寧難民營”
  • Chinese: “杰宁难民营”
  • Danish: “Jenin flygtningelejr”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مخيم جنين”
  • Finnish: “Jeninin pakolaisleiri”
  • French: “camp de Jénine”
  • French: “camp de réfugiés de Jénine”
  • French: “Camp de réfugiés de Jénine”
  • French: “capitale des martyrs”
  • French: “nid de frelons”
  • German: “UN-Flüchtlingslager Dschenin”
  • Hebrew: “ג’נין (מחנה)”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים ג’נין”
  • Hindi: “जेनिन शरणार्थी शिविर”
  • Irish: “Campa teifeach Jenin”
  • Japanese: “ジェニーン難民キャンプ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jenin Camp”
  • Norwegian: “Jenin Camp”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگان جنین”
  • Persian: “کمپ پناه‌جویان جنین”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam Dżanin”
  • Slovenian: “Begunsko taborišče Dženin”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Yenín”

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