Aqabat Jaber Refugee Camp

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تحيـــــــــــة من صــــــــامد سعادة الى اهالي مخيم عقبة جــــبر)))))
Aqabat Jaber (Arabic: مخيّم عقبة جبر‎) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the eastern West Bank, situated in the Jordan Valley, three kilometers southwest of Jericho.


Aqabat Jaber was established in 1948 on 1,688 dunams of arid land near the Dead Sea. Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War, the number of registered Palestinian refugees totaled around 30,000. During and after the hostilities, the majority of refugees fled the camp and crossed the Jordan River. Following the signing of the Cairo Agreement in 1994, the camp came under the control of the Palestinian National Authority.[1]
Today, Aqabat Jaber has a small population of only 5,566 registered refugees. Non-refugees have moved onto the camp's lands and built illegal homes.
by Dr.Samed Saadeh (صامد سعادة)
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqabat_Jaber
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Coordinates:   31°50'16"N   35°26'27"E

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