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'Azza Beit Jibrin Camp | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | مخيم بيت جبرين |
• Latin | Beit Jibrin Camp (unofficial) |
![]() Al 'Azza entrance | |
Coordinates:31°42′55″N35°12′8″E / 31.71528°N 35.20222°E /31.71528; 35.20222 | |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Bethlehem |
Founded | 1950 |
Government | |
• Type | Refugee Camp (from 1950) |
Area | |
• Total | 27 dunams (0.27 km2 or 0.10 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,523 |
'Azza (Arabic:مخيم العزة; also spelled'Azzeh,'Azzah orAlazzeh) also known asBeit Jibrin Camp (Arabic:مخيم بيت جبرين) is aPalestinian refugee camp in theBethlehem Governorate located within the city ofBethlehem. It is the smallest of the 59 refugee camps in theWest Bank and the other Arab countries. It was established in 1950 in an area of 20 dunams (0.020 km2; 0.0077 sq mi) and receives services fromUNRWA workers based in nearbyAida camp, but inside the camp, there are no medical or educational services, so it was merged with the Aida camp to receive services.
The camp is named after a prominentPalestinian family from the depopulated village ofBeit Jibrin west of theHebron Hills in present-dayIsrael. The UNRWA recorded a population of 2,025 in 2005,[2] while thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) projected a population of 1,750 in 2006,[3] with UNRWA reporting a population of approximately 1,337 refugees and 2,900 total in 2016.[4] The PCBS reported a population of 1,523 in 2017.[1]
It has been under the control of thePalestinian National Authority since 1995.[2]