Marka camp

The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Wikipedia
  • Neighborhood
  • Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan
  • Also known as
    “Hitteen camp”
    “Hitten camp”
    “Marka refugee camp”
    “Schneller camp”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp and Zarqa.
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . is situated 9 km northeast of Marka camp.
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is one of the 10 officially… is situated 10 km southwest of Marka camp.

Marka camp

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Latitude
32.0074° or 32° 0′ 27″ north
Longitude
36.02002° or 36° 1′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G4R224C+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7542395887
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­refugee_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q6770543

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Marka camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم الرصيفة”
  • Arabic: “مخيم حطين”
  • Arabic: “مخيم شنلر”
  • Arabic: “مخيم ماركا”
  • Bengali: “মার্কা শরণার্থী শিবির”
  • Dutch: “Marka refugee camp”
  • French: “camp de Marka”
  • French: “Camp de Marka”
  • French: “camp Hitteen”
  • French: “camp Hitten”
  • French: “camp Schneller”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה חיטין”
  • Japanese: “マールカー難民キャンプ”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگان مارکا”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه مارکا”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam Hittin”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Marka”

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