Deir 'Ammar Camp

Deir Ammar Camp
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمخيّم دير عمّار
Deir Ammar Camp is located in State of Palestine
Deir Ammar Camp
Deir Ammar Camp
Location of Deir Ammar Camp within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°57′57.22″N 35°05′55.98″E / 31.9658944°N 35.0988833°E / 31.9658944; 35.0988833
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeRefugee Camp
Area
 • Total145 dunams (14.5 ha or 36 acres)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,884
 • Density13,000/km2 (34,000/sq mi)

Deir Ammar Camp (Arabic: مخيّم دير عمّار) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, approximately 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the camp had a population of 1,884 inhabitants in 2017.[1]

Established in 1949, the camp was set up on land previously owned by non-refugee residents of the village of Deir Ammar. In return, UNRWA's facilities in the camp also provide services to the non-refugee villagers. The camp falls under joint Israeli-Palestinian control in "Area B".[2] The refugee camp has two schools: the boys' school which has 680 pupils, and the girls' school which has 735 pupils.[2]

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ a b The Camp administered by the United Nations subsidiary organ, UNRWA