Nuseirat refugee camp

Nuseirat camp
Refugee camp
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمخيّم النصيرات
Map of the camp, as well as the two other adjacent camps of Bureij and Maghazi
Map of the camp, as well as the two other adjacent camps of Bureij and Maghazi
Nuseirat camp is located in State of Palestine
Nuseirat camp
Nuseirat camp
Location of Nuseirat camp within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°26′51″N 34°23′34″E / 31.44750°N 34.39278°E / 31.44750; 34.39278
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateDeir al-Balah
Government
 • TypeRefugee Camp
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total31,747
 Population total includes both the camp population and the population of the Nuseirat municipality

Nuseirat (Arabic: مخيّم النصيرات) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip,[2] five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah. The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the refugee camp had a population of 31,747 and the surrounding Nuseirat municipality had a population of 54,851 in 2017.[1] The camp was established after the 1948 Palestinian expulsion during the 1948 Palestine war.

  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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ "Nuseirat Camp". Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2024-01-07.