Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa. It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.- Suburb
- …is also known as “Zarqa camp”
- Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarqa and Marka camp.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps… Marka camp is situated 9 km southwest of Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
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Latitude
32.0581° or 32° 3′ 29″ north
Longitude
36.09192° or 36° 5′ 31″ east
Open location code
8G4R335R+6Q
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=refugee_site
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place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الزرقاء مخيم”
- Arabic: “مخيم الزرقاء”
- French: “camp de Zarqa”
- French: “Camp de Zarqa”
- German: “Flüchtlingslager Zarqa”
- Persian: “اردوگاه زرقا”
- Polish: “Muchajjam az-Zarka”
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Notable Places Nearby
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