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Nuseirat ( ) is a Palestinian refugee camp located five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah .1 The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate , Gaza Strip . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 64,423 in mid-year 2006.2The Nuseirat camp was named after the local Nuseirat tribe, part of the larger Hanajira confederation, that historically dominated the area between Deir al-Balah and Gaza. Most refugees came from the southern areas of Palestine such as Beersheba and the coastal plain. Prior to the camp's establishment by UNRWA , the roughly 16,000 original refugees settled in the grounds of a former British military prison at the site.3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Palestinian Authority muni Nuseirat camp ( ) is a Palestinian refugee camp located five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah . The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate , Gaza Strip . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 64,423 in mid-year 2006.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Palestinian Authority muni Nuseirat ( ) is a Palestinian refugee camp located five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah . The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate , Gaza Strip . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 64,423 in mid-year 2006. The Nuseirat camp was named after the local Nuseirat tribe, part of the larger Hanajira confederation, that historically dominated the area between Deir al-Balah and Gaza.Most refugees came from the southern areas of Palestine such as Beersheba and the coastal plain.Prior to the camp's establishment by UNRWA , the roughly 16,000 original refugees settled in the grounds of a former British military prison at the site.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, State of Palestine Nuseirat ( ) is a Palestinian refugee camp located five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah . The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate , Gaza Strip . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 64,423 in mid-year 2006. The Nuseirat camp was named after the local Nuseirat tribe, part of the larger Hanajira confederation, that historically dominated the area between Deir al-Balah and Gaza. Most refugees came from the southern areas of Palestine such as Beersheba and the coastal plain. Prior to the camp's establishment by UNRWA , the roughly 16,000 original refugees settled in the grounds of a former British military prison at the site.
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Refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, State of Palestine Nuseirat Camp ( Arabic : مخيّم النصيرات ) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip , five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah . The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate , Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the refugee camp had a population of 31,747 and the surrounding Nuseirat municipality had a population of 54,851 in 2017.The camp was established after the 1948 Palestinian expulsion during the 1948 Palestine war .Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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palestinian refugee camp located five kilometers north-east of deir al-balah
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palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the gaza strip
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