Qalandia Camp

Qalandia Camp
Refugee Camp
Arabic transcription(s)
•  Arabic	مخيّم قلنديا
Israeli watchtowers and wall at the checkpoint of the Palestinian refugee camp of Qalandia, 2014
Qalandia Camp Location of Kalandia Camp within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°51′53″N35°13′45″E / 31.86472°N 35.22917°E / 31.86472; 35.22917
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Jerusalem Governorate
Government
• Type	Refugee Camp (from 1949)
Area
• Total	353  dunams (0.353 km2 or 0.136 sq mi)
Population  (2017) [1]
• Total	8,336
• Density	24,000/km2 (61,000/sq mi)

Qalandia Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in 1949 by the Red Cross ^[2] on land leased from Jordan. It covers 353 dunums (0.353 km²; 35.3 ha) as of 2006 ^[3] and had a population of 8,336 in 2017. ^[1] Israeli authorities consider it part of Greater Jerusalem, and it remains under their control. ^[4]

References

1. Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
2. Gelber, 2004, p.363
3. Kalandia Refugee Camp Profile Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
4. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (date unknown). Where We Work - West Bank - Camp Profiles - Kalandia. "The Israeli authorities consider this area as part of Greater Jerusalem, and the camp was thus excluded from the redeployment phase in 1995. Kalandia camp remains under Israeli control today." Retrieved from http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/west-bank/camp-profiles?field=12&qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block=3.