Canada Camp
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rafah and Bnei Atzmon.
Rafah
Ruins
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Rafah is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the Gaza Strip, Palestine. It is the capital of Rafah center in North Sinai Governorate, and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
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 3½ km north of Canada 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 3 km north of Canada Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rafah Refugee Camp and Tel al-Sultan Refugee Camp.
Rafah Refugee Camp
Suburb
Photo: DYKT Mohigan, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Tel al-Sultan Refugee Camp
Suburb
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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.
Rafah
Town
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Rafah is a largely destroyed and depopulated city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, that serves as the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located 30 kilometers south-west of Gaza City.
Canada Camp
- Type: Locality
- Description: Palestinian refugee camp
- Category: refugee camp
- Location: North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.29166° or 31° 17′ 30″ northLongitude
34.23918° or 34° 14′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8G3P76RQ+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 330149744OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q2268577
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Canada Camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم كندا”
- Catalan: “Camp Canadà”
- Dutch: “Canada Camp”
- French: “Camp Canada”
- French: “Canada Camp”
- Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים קנדה”
- Persian: “اردوگاه کانادا”
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