Zarqa camp

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Zarqa Camp
مخيم الزرقاء
Refugee camp
Zarqa Camp is located in Jordan
Zarqa Camp
Zarqa Camp
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 32°05′N 36°06′E / 32.083°N 36.100°E / 32.083; 36.100Coordinates: 32°05′N 36°06′E / 32.083°N 36.100°E / 32.083; 36.100
CountryFlag of Jordan.svg Jordan
GovernorateZarqa Governorate
Area
 • Total0.18 km2 (0.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total20,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (Eastern European Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time)

Zarqa Camp (Arabic: مخيم الزرقاء) is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa.[1]

It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian exodus.[1]

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