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Balata Camp

Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank

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name	Balata Camp
translit_lang1	Arabic
translit_lang1_type	Arabic
translit_lang1_info	مخيم بلاطة
type	Refugee Camp
image_skyline	Har Gerizim 042.JPG
image_caption	Balata as seen from Mount Gerizim
pushpin_map	Palestine
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Balata Camp within Palestine
coordinates
grid_name	Palestine grid
subdivision_type	State
subdivision_name	State of Palestine
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Nablus
established_title	Founded
established_date
government_footnotes	tags --
government_type	Refugee Camp (from 1950)
unit_pref	dunam
population_footnotes
population_total	14635
population_as_of	2017
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Balata Camp () is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of Nablus. Balata Camp had a population of 14,635 in 2017.

History

In 1950, the United Nations (UN) gave refugees from the Jaffa area temporary housing. These people initially refused the UN's offers, stating their eagerness to return to their homes. After two years, they accepted the offer and settled at Balata. In 1956, the Jaffa refugees desired more permanent housing. After the border with Israel was sealed, the refugees moved into concrete housing that replaced the original tents.

Education and culture

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) funds a school in the Balata camp, with approximately 5,000 pupils. The Yaffa Cultural Center in Balata operates a guesthouse, children's theater and cinema, children's library and media center. The American NGO, Tomorrow's Youth Organization, also operates classes for children from Balata.

Political violence

In the 1980s and 1990s, Balata residents played a leading role in the uprising known as the First Intifada. In November 2007, Palestinian National Authority police officers climbed rooftops in Balata and engaged in gun battles with militants of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades who had turned the camp into a military stronghold. Five residents and a policeman were wounded in the shooting.

Notable people

Sakher Habash

Gallery

File:Balata, 1950.png|Balata, 1950; the refugees were still living in tents File:Balata Camp circa 1950.jpg|Balata Camp, early 1950s File:Sumayya and her cat in front of her demolished home 2002, 2nd Intifada.jpg|Demolished home in Balata, 2002, during the Al-Aqsa Intifada File:Balata Camp, Nablus, Palestine (8480618469).jpg|Balata Refugee Camp, 2011 File:Balata camp (5873289972) (2).jpg|UNRWA Office in Balata Camp, 2011

References

(February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017". [[State of Palestine]].
[https://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/westbank/balata.html UNRWA page on the Balata camp] UNRWA ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070219000902/http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/westbank/balata.html archived] on January 21, 2010).
[http://www.yafacult.ps/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66:2010-06-03-10-10-34&catid=1:latest-news Delegation from Danish Consulate visits YCC, Balata Camp] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120321165141/http://www.yafacult.ps/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66:2010-06-03-10-10-34&catid=1:latest-news archived] on March 21, 2012).
"Tomorrow's Youth Organization".
"PA Police Seal Balata Camp, Trade Fire With Militants".

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