Tulkarm Camp

Tulkarm Camp
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمخيّم طولكرم
Tulkarm Camp is located in State of Palestine
Tulkarm Camp
Tulkarm Camp
Location of Tulkarm Camp within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°18′50″N 35°2′7″E / 32.31389°N 35.03528°E / 32.31389; 35.03528
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTulkarm Governorate
Government
 • TypeRefugee Camp (from 1950)
Area
 • Total465 dunams (0.18 km2 or 0.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total10,387
 • Density58,000/km2 (150,000/sq mi)
2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements.

Tulkarm Camp (Arabic: مخيم طولكرم, romanizedMukhayyam Ṭūlkarm) is a Palestinian refugee camp north of the West Bank in the city of Tulkarm, established in 1950 on 0.18 km2 by the UNRWA.[1] It is the second largest refugee camp in the West Bank, as well as one of the most densely populated.[2] The camp was severely affected during the Second Intifada by incursions, arrests, raids and curfews. Incursions still take place, though on a more irregular basis. In 2013, the health centre was reconstructed with project funds amounting to US$1.7 million. Tulkarm camp has four UNRWA schools.[1][3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Tulkarm Camp". UNRWA. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "مخيم طولكرم للاجئين". UNRWA (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Profile: Tulkarm Camp" (PDF). UNRWA. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ "مخيم طولكرم | مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني". Wafa (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 July 2020.