Askar RC (al-Qadeem)
Askar is a Palestinian refugee camp. It is located on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus and was established in 1950 on 119 dunums of land. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”.Photo: Qusay.khateeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 6,540 residents
- Description: refugee camp in Nablus
- Also known as: “Askar” and “Askar Camp”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Joseph’s Tomb and Bi’er Yacoub.
Joseph’s Tomb
Place of worship
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Bi’er Yacoub
Church
Photo: Jkgarrett17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.
Tell Balata
Archaeological site
Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell Balata is an archaeological site in the West Bank near Nablus, Palestine, that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite city, associated since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Azmut and Balata Camp.
Azmut
Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
’Azmut is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,440 inhabitants in 2017.
Balata Camp
Town
Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balata Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of Nablus. Balata Camp had a population of 14,635 in 2017.
Deir al-Hatab
Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deir al-Hatab is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located east of Nablus, near the neighbouring villages of Salem and Azmout.
Askar RC (al-Qadeem)
- Categories: refugee camp, Palestinian refugee camp, and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.22017° or 32° 13′ 13″ northLongitude
35.29785° or 35° 17′ 52″ eastPopulation
6,540Open location code
8G4Q67CX+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 8258942484OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q4302319
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Satellite Map
Discover Askar RC (al-Qadeem) from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Askar RC (al-Qadeem)” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم عسكر”
- Catalan: “Camp d’Askar”
- Chinese: “阿斯卡難民營”
- Dutch: “Askar”
- Finnish: “Askarin pakolaisleiri”
- French: “Askar”
- Hebrew: “מ.פ. עסכר (אל-קדים)”
- Hebrew: “עסכר”
- Japanese: “アスカル・キャンプ”
- Persian: “اردوگاه عسکر”
- Polish: “Muchajjam Askar”
- Polish: “Obóz Askar”
- Spanish: “Campamento de Askar”
- Uzbek: “Asqar lageri”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include نادي شباب عسكر and Mousab Bin Omair.
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