Canada Camp

Canada Camp 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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rafah and Bnei Atzmon.

Ruins
is a city in North Sinai and Egypt's eastern border with the , . It is the capital of center in , and is situated on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Egypt.

Ruins
was an Israeli settlement previously in the , later moved to the before being destroyed in 2005. is situated 3½ km north of Canada Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yamit and Al-Mawasi.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an Israeli settlement in the northern part of the with a population of about 2,500 people. was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War until that part of the Sinai was handed over to in April 1982, as part of the terms of the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. is situated 7 km west of Canada Camp.

Village
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 7 km north of Canada Camp.

Suburb
The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called , is a Palestinian refugee camp in the just west of the city of and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern . is situated 8 km northeast of Canada Camp.

Canada Camp

Latitude
31.29166° or 31° 17′ 30″ north
Longitude
34.23918° or 34° 14′ 21″ east
Open location code
8G3P76RQ+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 330149744
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q2268577
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Canada Camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مخيم كندا
  • Catalan: Camp Canadà
  • Dutch: Canada Camp
  • French: Camp Canada
  • French: Canada Camp
  • Hebrew: מחנה הפליטים קנדה
  • Persian: اردوگاه کانادا

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