Azza (; also spelled ''Azzeh'', ''Azzah'' or ''Alazzeh'') also known as Beit Jibrin Camp () is a
Palestinian refugee camp
Palestinian refugee camps were first established to accommodate Palestinians who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight during the 1948 Palestine war. Camps were established by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UN ...
in the
Bethlehem Governorate
The Bethlehem Governorate () is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers an area of the West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Its principal city and district capital is Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, its pop ...
located within the city of
Bethlehem
Bethlehem is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem, and the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate. It had a population of people, as of . The city's economy is strongly linked to Tourism in the State of Palesti ...
. It is the smallest of the 59 refugee camps in the West Bank and the other Arab countries. It was established in 1950 in an area of and receives services from UNRWA workers based in nearby Aida (camp), Aida 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 prominent Palestinians, Palestinian family from the depopulated village of Bayt Jibrin, Beit Jibrin west of the Judean Mountains, Hebron Hills in present-day Israel. The UNRWA recorded a population of 2,025 in 2005,
while the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) projected a population of 1,750 in 2006,
Projected Mid -Year Population for Bethlehem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. with UNRWA reporting a population of approximately 1,337 refugees and 2,900 total in 2016.
References
External links
Welcome To Bayt Jibrin R.C.
Al 'Aza Camp (fact sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Al 'Aza Camp profile
ARIJ
Al'aza Camp aerial photo
ARIJ
The priorities and needs for development in Al 'Aza camp based on the community and local authorities' assessment
ARIJ
Beit Jibrin refugee camp
articles from UNWRA, archived fro
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on 2013-08-29
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Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank, Azar
1950 establishments in the West Bank Governorate
Bethlehem in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict