Kutupalong refugee camp
Kutupalong refugee camp
কুতুপালং শরণার্থী শিবির | |
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Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh (Photo taken by Maaz Hussain/VOA) | |
| Coordinates: 21°12′45″N 92°09′48″E / 21.2126°N 92.1634°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Chittagong Division |
| District | Cox's Bazar District |
| Upazila | Ukhia Upazila |
| Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2024) | |
• Total | 686,766 |
| • Density | 53,000/km2 (140,000/sq mi) |
| • Camp | 16,807 (Kutupalong RC); 669,959 (expansion site) |
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Kutupalong refugee camp (Bengali: কুতুপালং শরণার্থী শিবির) is the world's largest refugee camp. It is located in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, and is inhabited mostly by Rohingya refugees who fled from ethnic and religious persecution in neighboring Myanmar. It is one of two government-run refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, the other being the Nayapara refugee camp.
The UNHCR Camp office at Kutupalong is supported by seven international entities: the governments of the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan, Finland, Sweden and the Stichting INGKA Foundation.