Baqa’a camp

The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in , 20 km north of the capital , and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: Palestinian refugee camp near Amman in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Baqa’a refugee camp”

Baqa’a camp

Latitude
32.07313° or 32° 4′ 23″ north
Longitude
35.84304° or 35° 50′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G4Q3RFV+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9092799871
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­refugee_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q3505807
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Satellite Map

Discover Baqa’a camp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Baqa’a camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم البقعة”
  • Arabic: “مخيم البقعه”
  • Catalan: “Baqa’a”
  • Chinese: “巴卡阿难民营”
  • Dutch: “Baqa’a”
  • Finnish: “Baqa’an pakolaisleiri”
  • French: “camp de Baqa’a”
  • French: “Camp de Baqa’a”
  • French: “camp de réfugiés de Baqa’a”
  • French: “Camp de réfugiés de Baqa’a”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הבקעה”
  • Mazanderani: “اردوگاه البقعه”
  • Mazanderani: “البقعه اردوگاه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baqa’a”
  • Norwegian: “Baqa’a”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه البقعه”
  • Polish: “Al-Baka”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Baqa’a”
  • Ukrainian: “Бакаа”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Бакаа”

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