Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp

Deir al-Balah Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the of the southern , located one kilometer northwest of the center of city, of which it practically forms part.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb with 20,000 residents
  • Description: refugee camp in Deir al-Balah Governorate
  • Also known as: “Deir al-Balah Camp”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kfar Darom and Tel Katifa.

Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the . is situated 3 km southeast of Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp.

Ruins
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was a small Israeli settlement located in the northeast end of the Gush Katif settlement bloc of the , and evacuated in Israel's disengagement of 2005. is situated 3½ km southwest of Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp.

Cemetery
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The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. After the Armistice of Mudros ended the Ottoman Empire's participation in the First World War, some graves were relocated from nearby to the Deir El Balah War Cemetery. is situated 3 km east of Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir el-Balah and Az-Zawayda.

Town
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Deir al-Balah is a city in the center of the , , and the administrative capital of the . It is located over 14 kilometers south of .

Town
, also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in the , in the of the State of Palestine. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the city of and just west of Maghazi refugee camp.

Village
is a Palestinian village in the central , part of the east of , south of the Maghazi refugee camp and west of the border with . is situated 3½ km east of Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp.

Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp

Latitude
31.42477° or 31° 25′ 29″ north
Longitude
34.3401° or 34° 20′ 24″ east
Population
20,000
Open location code
8G3PC8FR+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 505041386
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­refugee_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q3021326
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Satellite Map

Discover Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم دير البلح”
  • Arabic: “مخيّم دير البلح”
  • Catalan: “camp de Deir al-Balah”
  • Catalan: “Camp de Deir al-Balah”
  • Dutch: “Deir al-Balah Camp”
  • French: “Deir el-Balah”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים דיר אל-בלח”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה פליטים דיר אל-בלח”
  • Japanese: “デイル・アル・バラ難民キャンプ”
  • Korean: “데이르 알 발라흐 난민촌”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگان دیرالبلح”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam Dajr al-Balah”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Deir al-Balah”
  • Turkish: “Deyr El Balah Mülteci Kampı”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Am Dhair and al-Maghazi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include جمعية دير البلح لتأهيل المعاقين and El Wekala Post Office.

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