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Aqabat Jaber

Palestinian refugee camp near Jericho, West Bank, State of Palestine

Field	Value
name	Aqabat Jaber
translit_lang1	Arabic
translit_lang1_type	Arabic
translit_lang1_info	مخيّم عقبة جبر
type	Municipality type C
image_skyline	File:FirsPalace0120.JPG
image_caption	Aqabat Jaber in the front, Jericho in the distance
pushpin_map	Palestine
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Aqabat Jaber within Palestine
coordinates
grid_name	Palestine grid
subdivision_type	State
subdivision_name	State of Palestine
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Jericho
established_title	Founded
government_footnotes	tags --
government_type	Municipality
unit_pref	dunam
population_footnotes
population_total	8960
population_as_of	2017
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Aqabat Jaber () is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the eastern West Bank, situated in the Jordan Valley, three kilometers southwest of Jericho.

History

Aqabat Jaber was established in 1948 on 1,688 dunams of arid land near the Dead Sea. Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War, the number of registered Palestinian refugees totaled around 30,000. During and after the hostilities, the majority of refugees fled the camp and crossed the Jordan River. On 13 November 1985, following an agreement with UNRWA, the Israeli authorities began a program of demolishing unused houses. At the time the camp's population was 3,000. Following the signing of the Gaza–Jericho Agreement in 1994, the camp came under the control of the Palestinian National Authority.

In 2005 Aqabat Jaber had a population of 5,566 registered refugees. Non-refugees have moved onto the camp's lands and built illegal homes.

Water availability

Water scarcity is a major problem in this desert area, especially during the summer. The UNRWA is able to provide some water to the camp by pumping it from a nearby spring. However, the Israeli water company Mekorot is the main supplier of water to the camp.

Filmography

Eyal Sivan: Aqabat-Jaber, passing through (1987)

References

(February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017". [[State of Palestine]].
Middle East International No 263, 22 November 1985, Publishers [[Christopher Mayhew. Lord Mayhew]], [[Dennis Walters. Dennis Walters MP]]; [[Daoud Kuttab]] p. 11
(2001-11-30). "UNRWA: refugee camp profiles: west bank field office".

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