Shatila is a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, set up in 1949 and now home to thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees. Through 2010 the opening said the camp "is most widely known as the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in September 1982." Today the opening carries no mention of the massacre at all, though massacre survives 4 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns the camp's population and refugee statistics, and not the event the camp is most known for.
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33°51′46.26″N 35°29′54.17″E  /  33.8628500°N 35.4983806°E  / 33.8628500; 35.4983806 Shatila camp, 2006 The Shatila refugee camp ( ) (also Chatila refugee camp ) is a long-term refugee camp for Palestinian refugees , set up by UNRWA in 1949 .1The camp is located within the Lebanese capital Beirut . As of December 2003, it housed 12,235 registered refugees. [1] It is most widely known as the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in September 1982, but also played a significant role in the 1982 Lebanon war and the 1985 to 1987 war of the camps .2
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33°51′46.26″N 35°29′54.17″E  /  33.8628500°N 35.4983806°E  / 33.8628500; 35.4983806 Life in Shatila Shatila, 2003 The Shatila refugee camp ( ), also known as the Chatila refugee camp , is a refugee camp , originally set-up for Palestinian refugees in 1949.It is located in southern Beirut , Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees.Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War , the camp has swollen with Syrian refugees , receiving mostly the poor Syrians, fleeing their country.As of 2014, the camp's population is estimated to be from 10,000 to 22,000.Syrian refugees fear permanent exile in Lebanon's camps
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33°51′46″N 35°29′54″E  /  33.86278°N 35.49833°E  / 33.86278; 35.49833 Life in Shatila Shatila, 2003 The Shatila refugee camp ( ), also known as the Chatila refugee camp , is a refugee camp , originally set-up for Palestinian refugees in 1949. It is located in southern Beirut , Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees. Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War , the camp has swollen with Syrian refugees . As of 2014, the camp's population is estimated to be from 10,000 to 22,000.
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Palestinian settlement in Beirut, Lebanon Shatila in 2019 Shatila in 2003 The Shatila refugee camp ( ), also known as the Chatila refugee camp , is a settlement originally set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949. It is located in southern Beirut , Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees. Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War , the refugee camp has received a large number of Syrian refugees .In 2014, the camp's population was estimated to be between 10,000 and 22,000.
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Palestinian settlement in Beirut, Lebanon Shatila in 2019 Shatila in 2003 The Shatila refugee camp ( Arabic : مخيم شاتيلا ), also known as the Chatila refugee camp , is a settlement originally set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949. It is located in southern Beirut , Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees. Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War , the refugee camp has received a large number of Syrian refugees . In 2014, the camp's population was estimated to be between 10,000 and 22,000.
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