Ein es-Sultan camp

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ʿEin/ʿAin es-Sulṭān
Place
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	مخيّم عين سلطان
• Latin	Ayn al-Sulṭān (official)
ʿEin/ʿAin es-Sulṭān Location of ʿEin es Sultan/ʿAin as-Sulṭān within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′40.24″N 35°26′46.24″E / 31.8778444°N 35.4461778°E / 31.8778444; 35.4461778
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Jericho
Founded	1948
Area
• Total	870 dunams (0.87 km2 or 0.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	4,384
• Density	5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
	(including non-refugees)
Name meaning	Sultan's Spring

ʿEin es-Sulṭān camp (Arabic: عين سلطان, romanized: ʿAin Sulṭān, lit. 'Sultan's spring'), or ʿEin Sultan camp, is a refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the Jordan Valley, in the eastern West Bank. The village is located adjacent to the Ein es-Sultan or Elisha Spring, for which it is named, and the archaeological site of Tell es-Sultan, 1 kilometer north-west of the city of Jericho.

ʿEin es-Sulṭān had a population of over 4,384 inhabitants in 2017.^[1] In 1997, refugees constituted 81% of the population.^[2]