Ein es-Sultan camp
Village and refugee camp near Jericho, West Bank, State of Palestine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Palestinian refugee camp. For the spring, see Ein es-Sultan.
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.
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Quick Facts Arabic transcription(s), • Arabic ...
ʿEin/ʿAin es-Sulṭān | |
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Place | |
Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | مخيّم عين سلطان |
• Latin | Ayn al-Sulṭān (official) |
Location of ʿEin es Sultan/ʿAin as-Sulṭān within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°52′40.24″N 35°26′46.24″E | |
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 |
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ʿEin es-Sulṭān had a population of over 4,384 inhabitants in 2017.[1] In 1997, refugees constituted 81% of the population.[2]