Sokhna camp

Sokhna camp (sometimes transliterated 'Sakhna' or 'Sukhna')' is a Palestinian refugee camp established in Jordan in 1969 on an area of 68,745 dunams, in the village of Sukhna, in the north part of Zarqa Governorate. Its population according to the International Relief Agency's 2017 survey was then 6,300.^[1]^[2] This included 680 families among the 500 residential units. All the residential units are connected to the drinking water network.

Facilities include the Office of the Palestinian Affairs Service, a Camp Services Committee, a Bakery, a Mosque, and 40 shops.

The camp has two schools of the International Relief Agency (male and female), one kindergarten, but no government schools under the Ministry of Education.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "BADIL Refugee Survey 2016-18" (PDF). pp. 30–33. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "2022 budget of Department of Palestinian Affairs sees increase". 19 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ "To promote the Digital MBA scholarships offered by TAG-Foundation to Palestinian refugees 'Abu-Ghazaleh Global University' Conducts Field Visit to As-Sukhna Refugee Camp in Zarqa City". Retrieved 3 January 2024. ZARQA - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global University (TAGGU) team visited As-Sukhnah Refugee Camp in the Zarqa city to promote the Digital MBA scholarships offered by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Foundation (TAG-Foundation) to Palestinian refugees
^ "Meet Tamer, a 5 year-old boy from Al-Sukhna refugee camp, Jordan". 24 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015^[1]

Gaza Strip
518,000 UNRWA refugees

West Bank
188,150 UNRWA refugees

Syria
319,958 UNRWA refugees

Lebanon
188,850 UNRWA refugees

Jordan
355,500 UNRWA refugees

Al-Shati (Beach camp)	87,000
Bureij	34,000
Deir al-Balah	21,000
Jabalia	110,000
Khan Yunis	72,000
Maghazi	24,000
Nuseirat	66,000
Rafah	104,000
Canada	closed

Aqabat Jaber	6,400
Ein as-Sultan	1,900
Far'a	7,600
Fawwar	8,000
Jalazone	11,000
Qalandia	11,000
Am'ari	10,500
Deir 'Ammar	2,400
Dheisheh	13,000
Aida	4,700
Al-Arroub	10,400
Askar	15,900
Balata	23,600
'Azza (Beit Jibrin)	1,000
Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1)	6,750
Tulkarm	18,000
Nur Shams	9,000
Jenin	16,000
Shu'fat	11,000
Silwad
Birzeit

Sabinah	22,600
Khan al-Shih	20,000
Nayrab	20,500
Homs	22,000
Jaramana	18,658
Daraa	10,000
Hama	8,000
Khan Danoun	10,000
Qabr Essit	23,700

Unofficial camps
Ein Al-Tal	6,000
Latakia	10,000
Yarmouk	148,500

Bourj el-Barajneh	17,945
Ain al-Hilweh	54,116
El Buss	11,254
Nahr al-Bared	5,857
Shatila	9,842
Wavel	8,806
Mar Elias	662
Mieh Mieh	5,250
Beddawi	16,500
Burj el-Shemali	22,789
Dbayeh	4,351
Rashidieh	31,478

Former camps
Tel al-Zaatar	?
Nabatieh	?

Zarqa	20,000
Jabal el-Hussein	29,000
Amman New (Wihdat)	51,500
Souf	20,000
Baqa'a	104,000
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp)	22,000
Irbid	25,000
Jerash	24,000
Marka	53,000
Talbieh	8,000
Al-Hassan	?
Madaba	?
Sokhna	?