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.
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  • 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 Saint Hilarion Monastery and Kfar Darom.

Archaeological site
Photo: RIZEK ABDELJAWAD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was an ancient Christian monastery in . The ruins are part of the archaeological site of Tell Umm el-'Amr, and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is close to in the . is situated 3½ km northeast of Deir al-Balah Refugee Camp.

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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

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

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Notable Places Nearby

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

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