’Azza

'Azza also known as Beit Jibrin Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the located within the city of . It is the smallest of the 59 Palestinian refugee camps in the and nearby countries.
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  • Type: Refugee camp
  • Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Bethlehem Governorate
  • Also known as: “‘Azza”, “Al A’za”, “Al A’za Camp”, “Al Aza”, “Al Aza Camp”, “Beit Jibrin Camp”, and “Mukhayyam Bayt Jibrīn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kathisma and Har Hamor Yeshiva.

Archaeological site
The Church of the Seat of Mary, Church of the or Old being the name mostly used in literature, was a 5th-century Byzantine church in the , located between and in , on what is today known as Hebron Road. is situated 2 km west of ’Azza.

Synagogue
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Yeshivat Har Hamor; is a Religious Zionist yeshiva in , , founded in 1997 as an offshoot of Yeshivat . The president of the yeshiva is Rabbi Zvi Thau, and the Rosh yeshiva - head of the yeshiva - is Rabbi Amiel Sternberg. is situated 1½ km southwest of ’Azza.

Place of worship
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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. is situated 3½ km southwest of ’Azza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Umm Tuba and Sur Baher.

Suburb
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is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in part of ; it is northeast of and , and southeast of Kibbutz .

Suburb
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, also Tsur Baher, is a Palestinian neighborhood on the southeastern outskirts of . It is located east of and northeast of . In 2006, had a population of 15,000.

Suburb
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Har Homa, officially , is an Israeli settlement in southern , near the Palestinian city of . The settlement is also referred to as "Jabal Abu Ghneim", which is the Arabic name of the hill.

’Azza

Latitude
31.73333° or 31° 44′ north
Longitude
35.23333° or 35° 14′ east
Elevation
685 metres (2,247 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP6MM+88
Geo­Names ID
284323
Wiki­data ID
Q4540449
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Satellite Map

Discover ’Azza from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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