Khan Yunis Camp

The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called Khan Yunis Camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp in the just west of the city of and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern .
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  • Type: Suburb with 95,600 residents
  • Description: refugee camp in Khan Yunis, Gaza, State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Khan Yunis refugee camp”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neve Dekalim and Gadid.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement in the . Comprising a part of Gush Katif, it was founded in 1983, shortly after Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula to fulfill the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement and Moshav located in the middle of the Gush Katif settlement bloc whose residents were expelled in Israel's disengagement of 2005.

Ruins
was an Israeli settlement established in 2001 on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea west of in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the that existed until 2005.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Mawasi and Al-Qarara.

Village
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is a fertile area for agriculture in the . It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. is situated 2½ km west of Khan Yunis Camp.

Town
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is a Palestinian town in the of the . It is located just north of and approximately 24 kilometres south of . is situated 5 km northeast of Khan Yunis Camp.

Locality
was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern near , formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location. is situated 8 km southwest of Khan Yunis Camp.

Khan Yunis Camp

Latitude
31.35083° or 31° 21′ 3″ north
Longitude
34.28839° or 34° 17′ 18″ east
Population
95,600
Open location code
8G3P972Q+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7632371785
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­refugee_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q6400104
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Khan Yunis Camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم خان يونس”
  • Belarusian: “Хан-Юніс”
  • Catalan: “camp de Khan Yunis”
  • Catalan: “Camp de Khan Yunis”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەمپی پەنابەرانی خان یوونس”
  • Chinese: “汗尤尼斯难民营”
  • Chinese: “汗尤尼斯難民營”
  • Danish: “Khan Yunis-lejren”
  • Dutch: “Khan Yunis Camp”
  • Finnish: “Khan Yunisin pakolaisleiri”
  • French: “camp de réfugiés de Khan Younès”
  • French: “Camp de réfugiés de Khan Younès”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה הפליטים ח’אן יונס”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp pengungsi Khan Yunis”
  • Japanese: “ハーン・ユーニス・キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “ハーン・ユーニス難民キャンプ”
  • Japanese: “ハーンユーニス難民キャンプ”
  • Kurdish: “Kampa Xan Yûnis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khan Younis-leiren”
  • Norwegian: “Khan Younis-leiren”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگان خان یونس”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه پناهندگان خان‌یونس”
  • Polish: “Muchajjam Chan Junus”
  • Pushto: “د خان يونس کېمپ”
  • Romanian: “Tabăra de refugiați Khan Yunis”
  • Russian: “Хан-Юнис”
  • Slovenian: “taborišče Hana Junisa”
  • Spanish: “Campamento de Jan Yunis”
  • Turkish: “Han Yunus Mülteci Kampı”
  • Urdu: “خان یونس کیمپ”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include جمعية البرامج النسائية خانيونس and Khan Younis massacre.

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