Wavel

Palestinian refugee camp near Baalbeck, Lebanon

For the Seychellois politician, see Wavel Ramkalawan.

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

## Wavel today

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As of 2013, there were 8806 registered refugees in the camp. In 2009 there were approximately 3000 refugees within the camp and a similar number living outside the camp.[1] There are also two UNRWA schools, including a secondary school and one health centre. Major issues affecting the camp are harsh living conditions, high school drop-out rate and limited employment opportunities[2]

## Footnotes

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

## See also

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* Palestinian refugee camps
* Palestinian refugee
* UNRWA
* Baalbek

## External links

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* Wavel , articles from UNWRA (dead link needs archiving?)
* https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/lebanon/wavel-camp Retrieved 15 July 2019
* Photo from Wavel

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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

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| Al-Shati (Beach camp)| 87,000

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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 Jaber| 6,400

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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

| Sabinah| 22,600

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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-Barajneh| 17,945

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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 |  ?

| Zarqa| 20,000

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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.

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