Qabr Essit

Palestinian refugee camp in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Qabr Es-sit
قبر الست
Sayyidah Zaynab Camp
Palestinian refugee camp
33°26′28″N 36°20′11″E / 33.44111°N 36.33639°E / 33.44111; 36.33639
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq Governorate
Established1948
Area
 • Total0.02 km2 (0.008 sq mi)
Population
 (Pre-war)
 • Total23,700 (pre-war)[1]
Area code11

Qabr Essit Camp (Arabic: مخيم قبر الست, or Sayyidah Zaynab camp, is a 0.02-square-kilometer (4.9-acre)[1][2] refugee camp near the city of Sayyidah Zaynab, populated by Palestinians.[2] It is located 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) from the center of Damascus. The pre-war population of the camp was around 23,700.[1]

During the Syrian Civil War, up to 40% of the camps population had fled due to fighting surrounding the camp.[1]

Although the camp was established in 1948, most of its residents came from Quneitra Governorate after 1967, when the Golan Heights were occupied by Israel.[1][2]

History

Establishment

Qabr Essit camp was established on an area of 0.02 square kilometres in 1948, but the majority of the residents came in 1967. The residents, who were displaced from the Golan Heights in the Quneitra Governorate during the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict, were displaced a second time to Qabr Essit. Most had originally fled to the Golan Heights in 1948 from nearby villages in northern Palestine.[1]

Operation and living

Displacement, unemployment, inflation, protection and security risks are big problems for the residents in the camp.[1] Poor sanitation is also a problem in the camp, and there is a relatively high incidence of illnesses associated with poor environmental health conditions. The sewage system is outdated and needs to be upgraded in order to cope with the demands of the camps population.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Qabr Essit Camp". UNRWA. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Qabr Essit camp". zochrot.org. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Syria Rif Dimashq Governorate
Kiswah
Subdistrict
Babbila
Subdistrict
Jaramana
Subdistrict
Malihah
Subdistrict
Kafr Batna
Subdistrict
Arbin
Subdistrict
Rif Dimashq Governorate
Rif Dimashq Governorate
Douma
Subdistrict
Harasta
Subdistrict
Sabe Biyar
Subdistrict
Dumayr
Subdistrict
Nashabiyeh
Subdistrict
Ghazlaniyeh
Subdistrict
Harran al-Awamid
Subdistrict
Qutayfah
Subdistrict
Jayrud
Subdistrict
Maloula
Subdistrict
Raheiba
Subdistrict
Al-Tall
Subdistrict
Sednaya
Subdistrict
Rankous
Subdistrict
Yabroud
Subdistrict
Assal al-Ward
Subdistrict
An-Nabek
Subdistrict
Deir Atiyeh
Subdistrict
Qara
Subdistrict
Al-Zabadani
Subdistrict
Madaya
Subdistrict
Serghaya
Subdistrict
Qatana
Subdistrict
Beit Jann
Subdistrict
Sa'sa
Subdistrict
Darayya
Subdistrict
Sahnaya
Subdistrict
Hajar al-Aswad
Subdistrict
Qudsaya
Subdistrict
ad-Dimas
Subdistrict
Ein al-Fijeh
Subdistrict
  • v
  • t
  • e
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 Jaber6,400
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
Sabinah22,600
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-Barajneh17,945
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  ?
Zarqa20,000
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  ?
References
  1. ^ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
Stub icon

This article about a location in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e