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Maghazi Camp Other transcription(s) - Arabic مخيم المغازي Location of Maghazi Camp within the Palestinian territories
Maghazi CampCoordinates: 31°25′16.89″N 34°23′07.35″E / 31.4213583°N 34.385375°ECoordinates: 31°25′16.89″N 34°23′07.35″E / 31.4213583°N 34.385375°E Governorate Deir al-Balah Founded 1949 Government - Type Refugee Camp Area - Jurisdiction 559 dunams (0.559 km2 / 0.2 sq mi) Population (2006) - Jurisdiction 22,536 Maghazi (Arabic: مخيم المغازي) is located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip. It is a Palestinian refugee camp that was established in 1949. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the Refugee Camp had a population of 24,284 in mid-year 2006.[1] The refugee camp is built on 559 dunums (5.6km²).
On the evening of Monday January 6, 2003, the IDF raided the camp and killed three Palestinians and wounded dozens claiming they were targeting militants hiding there.[2]
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Income
Before the Gaza Strip's closure to Israel in 2000 following the Al-Aqsa Intifada, most residents had taken a number of various jobs in Israel or worked as farmers at local tells and pastures. There is a weekly souk, or open-air market, on Sunday in which residents buy or sell goods from their workshops, bakeries, cafes, diners and grocery lots.
Education
Maghazi has three elementary schools and 2 junior high schools run by the UNRWA. 6,407 pupils had enrolled at these schools in the 2004-2005 year. In 1998, the UNRWA provided integrated educational services to 1,264 children with disabilities. There are a number of youth activities that involve in athletics, social and cultural programs.
Footnotes
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Deir al Balah Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^ http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.G.29.En?Opendocument Question of the Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Arab Territories Including Palestine
External links
- Maghazi articles from UNRWA
Cities 
Municipalities az-ZawaydaVillage councils al-Musaddar · Wadi as-SalqaRefugee camps Palestinian refugee camps1 locations and populations as of 2005 
Gaza Strip
986,034 refugees
Jordan
2,127,877 refugees
Lebanon
404,170 refugees
Syria
432,048 refugees West Bank
699,817 refugeesAl-Shati (Beach) 76,109 Bureij 30,059 Deir al-Balah 20,188 Jabalya 175,646 Khan Yunis 60,662 Maghazi 22,536 Nuseirat 64,233 Rafah 90,638 Canada Camp disbanded Beddawi 15,695 Burj el-Barajneh 19,526 Burj el-Shemali 18,134 Dbayeh 4,223 Dikwaneh destroyed Ein el-Hilweh 44,133 El-Buss 9,840 Jisr el-Basha destroyed Mar Elias 1,406 Mieh Mieh 5,078 Nabatieh destroyed Nahr el-Bared 28,358 Rashidieh 24,679 Sabra Shatila 11,998 Tel al-Zaatar destroyed Wavel 7,357 Abu Dis Aida 3,260 Am'ari 8,083 Aqabat Jabr 5,197 al-'Arrub 9,180 Askar 31,894 'Azza 1,828 Balata 41,681 Deir Ammar 2,189 Dheisheh 10,923 Ein Beit al-Ma' 6,221 Ein as-Sultan 1,888 Far'a 12,836 Fawwar 7,072 Jalazone 9,284 Jenin 35,050 Kalandia 9,188 Nur Shams 8,179 Shuafat (Shu'fat) 9,567 Tulkarm 17,259 1 The UNRWA definition of a "Palestinian refugee" is a person "whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict ... UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948." [1]Categories:- Deir al-Balah Governorate
- Populated places established in 1949
- Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip
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