Al-Wehdat camp
مخيم الوحدات | |
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Refugee camp | |
Coordinates: 31°55′35″N 35°56′18″E / 31.92639°N 35.93833°E | |
Country | Jordan |
City | Amman |
Amman New Camp or Al-Wehdat camp, locally known as Al-Wihdat (Arabic: مخيم الوحدات), which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood, in southeast Amman, the capital city of Jordan occupies a 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi),[1] Of the ten recognized Palestinian refugee camps[2] in Jordan, Al-Wehdat is the second largest, with a population of roughly 57,000 registered refugees, which includes 8,400 students.[1] The United Nation body responsible for administrating Palestinian refugee camps, is the Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).[1]