In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “village and palestinian refugee camp in the jericho governorate in the eastern west bank situated in the jordan”. Today it says “named”.
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Village and refugee camp near Jericho, West Bank, State of Palestine This article is about the Palestinian refugee camp. Place in Jericho, State of Palestine 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. In 1997, refugees constituted 81% of the population. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Palestinian Authority muni ʿEin as-Sulṭān also ʿAin Sulṭān Camp ( ) is a village and Palestinian refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley , located 1 kilometers north-west of Jericho near the spring ʿEin as-Sulṭān. ʿEin as-Sulṭān had a population of over 1,469 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. In 1997, refugees constituted 81% of the population.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Place in Jericho, State of Palestine ʿEin as-Sulṭān also ʿAin Sulṭān Camp ( ) is a village and Palestinian refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley , located 1 kilometer north-west of Jericho near the spring ʿEin as-Sulṭān. ʿEin as-Sulṭān had a population of over 1,469 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. In 1997, refugees constituted 81% of the population.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Village and refugee camp near Jericho, West Bank, State of Palestine Place in Jericho, State of Palestine ʿEin as-Sulṭān ( ), or ʿEin Sultan Camp , is a Palestinian village and 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 archaeological site of Tell es-Sultan , 1 kilometer north-west of the city of Jericho . ʿEin as-Sulṭān had a population of over 1,469 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. In 1997, refugees constituted 81% of the population.
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village and palestinian refugee camp in the jericho governorate in the eastern west bank situated in the jordan
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