Wavel

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Wavel (Arabic: وافل‎) is a Palestinian refugee camp near the city of Baalbeck in Lebanon. It was originally French army barracks, but in 1948 refugees from the Palestine war found shelter there. In 1952, UNRWA took over responsibility for providing services in the camp.

As of 2003, there are 7,553 registered refugees in the camp. In 2009 there were approximately 3000 refugees within the camp and a similar number living outside the camp.^[1]

[edit] Footnotes

^ Norway Lebanon.org The Ambassador visits Wavel Camp and UNRWA schools

[edit] See also

Palestinian refugee camps

[edit] External links and references

Wavel , articles from UNWRA
http://www.education.mcgill.ca/wavel/wavel.html
Photos from Wavel

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 refugees

Al-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

Amman New	390,805
Baqa'a	120,100
Husn	19,573
Irbid camp	35,512
Jabal el-Hussein	100,674
Jerash	30,696
Marka	41,237
Souf	21,911
Talbieh	4,041
Zarqa	180,344

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

Dera'a	5,916
Dera'a (emergency)	5,536
Hama	7,597
Homs	13,825
Jaramana	5,007
Khan Dunoun	8,603
Khan Eshieh	15,731
Neirab	17,994
Qabr Essit	16,016
Sbeineh	19,624
Latakia	6,534
Yarmouk	350,550
Ein Al-Tal	4,329

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]

Palestinian exodus · United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Coordinates: 33°59′56.27″N 36°11′35.46″E / 33.9989639°N 36.1931833°E / 33.9989639; 36.1931833