Ruwaished () is a town in the far east of Jordan belonging to the administrative district of the Mafraq Governorate. As of 2010, it had a population of 14,400. Ruwaished is the farthest Jordanian settlement to the east. The Karameh Border Crossing between Jordan and Iraq administratively belongs to the Ruwaished Department.
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Ruwaished () is a town in the far east of Jordan belonging to the administrative district of the Mafraq Governorate. As of 2010, it had a population of 14,400. Ruwaished is the farthest Jordanian settlement to the east. The Karameh Border Crossing between Jordan and Iraq administratively belongs to the Ruwaished Department.
After the war on Iraq in 2003, about 800 refugees fled from Iraq to the Jordanian border, mostly Palestinians and Somalis, where they were allocated in the Ruwaished Refugee Camp in the No man's land between Jordan and Iraq.
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