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Nur Shams

FieldValue
nameNur Shams
translit_lang1Arabic
translit_lang1_typeArabic
translit_lang1_infoمخيّم نور شمس
typeRefugee camp
image_skylineNur Shams Camp 003.jpg
image_captionNur Shams Refugee Camp
pushpin_mapPalestine
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Nur Shams within Palestine
coordinates
grid_namePalestine grid
subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameState of Palestine
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Tulkarm
established_titleFounded
government_footnotestags --
government_typeRefugee Camp
leader_titleControl
leader_nameIsrael Israel
unit_prefdunam
area_total_dunam226
population_footnotes
population_total6,423
population_as_of2017
population_density_km2auto

Nur Shams () is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank, located 3 km east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Nur Shams had a population of 6,479 inhabitants in 2007 and 6,423 by 2017. 95.1% of the population of Nur Shams were refugees in 1997. The UNRWA-run healthcare facility for Nur Shams camp was re-built in 1996 with contributions from the Government of Germany.

Historian Benny Morris describes it as having been "a lonely and exclusively Arab area" in early 1936. During the Mandate period, a British detention camp was situated at Nur Shams.

Nur Shams camp was established in 1952 on 226 dunums. The camp was transferred to Palestinian Authority control in November 1998, after the signing of the Wye River Memorandum and the first phase of further Israeli redeployment.

A four story Boys' school was constructed in 2004 and has 1035 pupils, the girls' school was constructed in 2001 and has 975 pupils. The two schools in the camp are in poor condition and are listed on UNRWA's priority list for replacement pending securing of funds to carry out the project.

In 2023, the IDF entered the camp. In 2025, Israeli military control was established as part of Israel's "Operation Iron Wall".

References

References

  1. (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017". [[State of Palestine]].
  2. [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS census]. [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS). p. 108.
  3. [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] {{Webarchive. link. (7 February 2012 [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]])
  4. [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/4809864A0C3B9B9F85256FE80050855D/$File/healthinforum_tulkarem_opt280205.pdf?OpenElement Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate]
  5. (1991). "Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services". GrovePress.
  6. (1991). "Israel's secret wars: a history of Israel's intelligence services". Grove Weidenfeld.
  7. [http://www.unrwa.org/tags.php?tag_id=41 UNRWA Nur Shams camp profile]
  8. (2025-02-23). "Israel says army to stay in evacuated West Bank camps for 'coming year'". France 24.
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