Mar Elias Camp

Mar Elias is a Palestinian refugee camp in the southwestern part of , Lebanon. Largely autonomous, it was originally a Christian Palestinian refugee camp founded in 1952 by the Congregation of St.
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  • Type: Social service facility
  • Description: Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, near Beirut
  • Also known as: “Mar Elias refugee camp”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Franco-Lebanese Verdun High School and Rafic Hariri University Hospital.

School
The Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun, commonly known as the Lycée Verdun, is a French lycée located in the in , . It was founded in 1951 by the Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger, a French governmental organization which operates French lycées around the world. is situated 1 km northwest of Mar Elias Camp.

Hospital
The Rafik Hariri University Hospital, formerly known as the Beirut Governmental University Hospital, is the largest public hospital. It is located on the outskirts of . is situated 1½ km south of Mar Elias Camp.

School
is a co-educational private school in the Batrakieh district of , . It is part of the Mission laïque française efforts in Lebanon and provides a full cycle education from kindergarten to twelfth grade. is situated 2 km northeast of Mar Elias Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Verdun and Beirut.

Photo: A.K.Khalifeh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in . is one of Beirut's most prestigious residential neighborhoods where also some of the most important fashion boutiques are found.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital city of with a population of approximately 2.1 million people in its metropolitan area. The city is on a relatively small headland jutting into the east Mediterranean.

is in . The is one of the luxurious residential districts of the Capital. Its name literally means "wing" due to its location along the southern border of Beirut, extending eastward from the sea to the reconstructed Sport City inland.

Mar Elias Camp

Latitude
33.87697° or 33° 52′ 37″ north
Longitude
35.48768° or 35° 29′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G5QVFGQ+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 547486605
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­social_facility
Wiki­data ID
Q4116480
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Satellite Map

Discover Mar Elias Camp from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Persian—“Mar Elias Camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مخيم مار إلياس”
  • Arabic: “مخيّم مار إلياس”
  • Bengali: “মার ইলিয়াস শরণার্থী শিবির”
  • French: “Camp de réfugiés Mar Elias”
  • French: “Camp Mar Élias”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mar Elias”
  • Norwegian: “Mar Elias”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه مار الیاس”

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Highlights include Boubes Mosque and البورة.

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