Al-Hassan camp

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The Al-Hassan camp (sometimes 'Prince Hassan Camp') is a Palestinian refugee camp located some 5 Km from the center of Amman, the capital of Jordan. Administratively it lies in the Amman (Capital) Governorate. [1] [2] [3] [4]

It was established in 1967, and a 2021 population estimate indicated that 9,408 people lived there, [5] although a previous estimate (in 2018) had set the number at 14,068. [4]

Palestinian refugee camps are distributed in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan across six governorates, amongst which the Capital governorate and Madaba governorate include Al-Wehdat refugee camp, Jabal el-Hussein camp, Prince Hassan, Talbieh Camp and Madaba camp. [6]

Visitors have expressed misgivings about the camp. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Palestinian Refugees and Displaced Camps in Jordan: Prince Hassan Camp". dpa.gov.jo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ↑ al-Husseini, Jalal (13 February 2013). The Evolution of the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan. Between Logics of Exclusion and Integration. Cahiers de l'Ifpo. Presses de l’Ifpo. pp. 181–204. ISBN   978-2-35159-315-8. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024– via Villes, pratiques urbaines et construction nationale en Jordanie.
  3. ↑ Heaney, Christopher. "UNRWA Annual Operational report 2019 for the Reporting period 01 January – 31 December 2019". Question of Palestine. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "BADIL Refugee Survey 2016-18" (PDF). reliefweb.int. pp. 30–33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Palestinian Refugees And Displaced Camps in Jordan (Prince Hassan camp details)". dpa.gov.jo. 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Palestinian Refugees And Displaced Camps in Jordan". dpa.gov.jo. 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Jordan's mixed plans for its Palestinian 'guests'". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

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