Jabal el-Hussein camp
Jabal el-Hussein camp
مخيم الحسين | |
|---|---|
Refugee camp | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′52″N 35°54′23″E / 31.96444°N 35.90639°E | |
| Country | Jordan |
| Governorate | Amman Governorate |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.42 km2 (0.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 32,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (Eastern European Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time) |
Jabal el-Hussein camp (Arabic: مخيم الحسين) is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman.
It is one of the first four camps in Jordan founded to accommodate refugees from the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, the others being Irbid camp, Al-Wehdat refugee camp and Zarqa Camp.