'Azza

Also known as Beit Jibrin Camp

Azza (; also spelled Azzeh, Azzah or Alazzeh) also known as Beit Jibrin Camp () is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Bethlehem Governorate located within the city of Bethlehem. It is the smallest of the 59 Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and nearby countries. It was established in 1950 in an area of and receives services from UNRWA workers based in nearby Aida Camp. Inside the camp, there are no medical or educational services, so it was merged with the Aida Camp for the purposes of receiving services.

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Settlement.name: 'Azza
Settlement.other_name: Beit Jibrin Camp
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: مخيم بيت جبرين
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Beit Jibrin Camp (unofficial)
Settlement.type: Refugee camp
Settlement.image_skyline: Al 'Azza entrance.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Al 'Azza entrance
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of 'Azza
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Bethlehem
Settlement.established_title: Founded

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Area: 20
Elevation: 734
Image: Al 'Azza entrance.jpg

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inception: 1950-00-00
Commons category: 'Azza

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The camp is named after a prominent Palestinian family from the depopulated village of Beit Jibrin west of the Hebron Hills in present-day Israel. The UNRWA recorded a population of 2,025 in 2005, while the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) projected a population of 1,750 in 2006, with UNRWA reporting a population of approximately 1,337 refugees and 2,900 total in 2016. The PCBS reported a population of 1,523 in 2017.