’Azza
'Azza also known as Beit Jibrin Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Bethlehem Governorate located within the city of Bethlehem. It is the smallest of the 59 Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and nearby countries.Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Bethlehem Governorate
- Also known as: “‘Azza”, “Beit Jibrin Camp”, and “Mukhayyam Bayt Jibrīn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kathisma and Har Hamor Yeshiva.
Kathisma
Archaeological site
The Church of the Seat of Mary, Church of the Kathisma or Old Kathisma being the name mostly used in literature, was a 5th-century Byzantine church in the Holy Land, located between Jerusalem and Bethlehem in East Jerusalem, on what is today known as Hebron Road. Kathisma is situated 2 km west of ’Azza.
Har Hamor Yeshiva
Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yeshivat Har Hamor; is a Religious Zionist yeshiva in Har Homa, Jerusalem, founded in 1997 as an offshoot of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav. The president of the yeshiva is Rabbi Zvi Thau, and the Rosh yeshiva - head of the yeshiva - is Rabbi Amiel Sternberg. Har Hamor Yeshiva is situated 1½ km southwest of ’Azza.
Rachel’s Tomb
Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Rachel’s Tomb is situated 3½ km southwest of ’Azza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Umm Tuba and Sur Baher.
Umm Tuba
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Umm Tuba is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem part of Sur Baher; it is northeast of Har Homa and Bethlehem, and southeast of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.
Sur Baher
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sur Baher, also Tsur Baher, is a Palestinian neighborhood on the southeastern outskirts of East Jerusalem. It is located east of Ramat Rachel and northeast of Har Homa. In 2006, Sur Baher had a population of 15,000.
Homat Shmuel
Suburb
Har Homa, officially Homat Shmuel, is an Israeli settlement in southern East Jerusalem, near the Palestinian city of Beit Sahour. The settlement is also referred to as "Jabal Abu Ghneim", which is the Arabic name of the hill.
’Azza
- Categories: refugee camp and Palestinian refugee camp
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“’Azza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم العزة”
- Arabic: “مخيم بيت جبرين”
- Catalan: “‘Azza”
- Catalan: “’Azza”
- Dutch: “‘Azza”
- French: “Beit Jibrin”
- Hebrew: “אל-עזה”
- Indonesian: “‘Azza”
- Indonesian: “’Azza”
- Japanese: “アッザ・キャンプ”
- Malay: “azza”
- Polish: “Muchajjam al-Azza”
- Spanish: “‘Azza”
- Spanish: “’Azza”
- Uzbek: “Azza”
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