Aida Camp

Aida
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمخيم عايده
 • Latin'Ayda (official)
Mural at the entrance to Aida camp
Mural at the entrance to Aida camp
Aida is located in State of Palestine
Aida
Aida
Location of Aida within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°43′10″N 35°11′56″E / 31.71944°N 35.19889°E / 31.71944; 35.19889
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeRefugee camp (from 1950)
Area
 • Total71 dunams (0.071 km2 or 0.027 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,824
 • Density40,000/km2 (100,000/sq mi)
Mural of Guernica and Palestine in Aida camp, Bethlehem, Palestine
Children returning home to Aida Camp from school, with the Israeli separation barrier in the background

Aida (Arabic: مخيم عايده), also spelled 'Ayda, is a Palestinian refugee camp situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the historic centre of Bethlehem and 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Beit Jala, in the central West Bank, State of Palestine.

According to the UNRWA, the camp had a population of approximately 5,498 refugees at the end of 2014.[2] According to the 2017 Palestinian census, the camp had a population of 2,824 residents.[1]

  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. ^ "Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 2013-2015 Volume VIII". Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. Badil: 40. ISSN 1728-1679.