Roj Camp
The Al-Roj refugee camp (also Al-Roj camp or simply Roj camp, is a refugee camp in northern Syria, close to the Syria-Iraq border. Like the former Al-Hawl refugee camp, which was larger, it holds individuals displaced from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, who are held captive at the camp by the Syrian Democratic Forces.- Type: Residential area
- Description: Refugee camp in Syria
- Also known as: “Al-Roj”, “Al-Roj camp”, “Al-Roj refugee camp”, “Al-Roj Refugee Camp”, “Roj”, and “Roj camp”
Roj Camp
- Category: refugee camp
- Location: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.06402° or 37° 3′ 51″ northLongitude
42.09312° or 42° 5′ 35″ eastPopulation
2,380Inception
September 2015Open location code
8H94337V+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1068341788OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=refugee_siteOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q115322262
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Roj Camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مخيم روج”
- Catalan: “Campament de refugiats d’Al Roj”
- French: “Camp de Roj”
- Kurdish: “kampa rojê”
- Romanian: “Tabăra de refugiați Al-Roj”
- Spanish: “Al Roj”
- Spanish: “Al-Roj”
- Spanish: “Campamento de refugiados de Al Roj”
- Spanish: “Campo de refugiados de Al Roj”
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