Dheisheh
Sign in to saveDheisheh () is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Dheisheh was established in 1949 on 0.31 square kilometers of land leased from the Jordanian government. The camp was established as a temporary refuge for 3,400 Palestinians from 45 villages west of Jerusalem and Hebron displaced in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight which occurred during the 1948 Palestine war. The camp had a population of 8,805 in 2017.
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- Dheisheh Camp
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- Arabic
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- Arabic
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- مخيم الدهيشه
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- Latin
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- ad Duheisha Camp (official)Dheishe Camp (unofficial)
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- Refugee Camp
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- Dheisheh 002.jpg
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- Dheisheh Camp, 2018
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- Palestine
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- Location of Dheisheh Camp within Palestine
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- Palestine grid
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- State
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- State of Palestine
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- Governorate
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- Bethlehem
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- Founded
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- Refugee Camp (from 1949)
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Dheisheh () is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Dheisheh was established in 1949 on 0.31 square kilometers of land leased from the Jordanian government. The camp was established as a temporary refuge for 3,400 Palestinians from 45 villages west of Jerusalem and Hebron displaced in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight which occurred during the 1948 Palestine war. The camp had a population of 8,805 in 2017.
Six decades of natural population growth have expanded the camp's dimensions into an area between 1 and 1.5 square kilometers. The exact dimensions are subject to periodic debate between residents, UNRWA and the Palestinian Authority. The latter two are required to provide services to residents, depending on their resident status within the camp.