Tel al-Sultan refugee camp
Tel al-Sultan or Tall as-Sultan is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the Rafah Governorate just north of Rafah city and Rafah Camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Refugee camp
- Description: refugee camp in Rafah Governorate
- Also known as: “Mukhayyam Tall as Sultan”, “Mukhayyam Tall as Sulţān”, and “Tall as Sultan Camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bnei Atzmon and Slav.
Bnei Atzmon
Ruins
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Bnei Atzmon was an Israeli settlement previously in the Sinai Peninsula, later moved to the Gaza Strip before being destroyed in 2005. Bnei Atzmon is situated 1½ km northeast of Tel al-Sultan refugee camp.
Slav
Ruins
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Slav was an Israeli settlement in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the south-west edge of the Gaza Strip that existed until 2005. Slav is situated 1½ km north of Tel al-Sultan refugee camp.
Rafi’ah Yam
Ruins
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Rafiah Yam was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip that existed until 2005. Rafi’ah Yam is situated 1½ km northwest of Tel al-Sultan refugee camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canada Camp and Rafah Refugee Camp.
Canada Camp
Locality
Canada Camp was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Sinai near Rafah, formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location.
Rafah Refugee Camp
Suburb
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Rafah Camp is one of eight Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. It is located in the Rafah Governorate along the Gaza–Egypt border. It was established in 1949 and currently forms part of the city of Rafah. Rafah Refugee Camp is situated 3 km south of Tel al-Sultan refugee camp.
Tel al-Sultan refugee camp
- Category: Palestinian refugee camp
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Tel al-Sultan refugee camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم تل السلطان”
- Catalan: “Tel al-Sultan”
- Central Kurdish: “کەمپی تەل سووڵتان”
- Chinese: “特爾蘇丹”
- Danish: “Tel al-Sultan-lejren”
- Dutch: “Tall as-Sultan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مخيم تل السلطان”
- French: “camp de réfugiés de Tel al-Sultan”
- French: “Camp de réfugiés de Tel al-Sultan”
- Hebrew: “תל א-סולטאן”
- Indonesian: “Tel al-Sultan”
- Japanese: “テル・アッスルターン難民キャンプ”
- Japanese: “テル・アル＝スルタン難民キャンプ”
- Kurdish: “Kampa Tel Essultan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel al-Sultan”
- Norwegian: “Tel al-Sultan”
- Polish: “Muchajjam Tall as-Sultan”
- Russian: “Тель-аль-Султан”
- Slovenian: “begunsko taborišče Tel al-Sultan”
- Slovenian: “taborišče Tel al-Sultan”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Tel al-Sultán”
- Urdu: “تل السلطان”
- Uzbek: “Tel-al-Sultan”
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