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Palestinians in Jordan

Palestinian refugees and naturalized citizens of Jordan

Summary

Palestinian refugees and naturalized citizens of Jordan

Field	Value
group	Palestinians in Jordan
image	File:Jordan Palestine Locator.png
population	2,117,361 registered refugees as of 2014,

of which 634,182 <small>did not hold Jordanian citizenship in 2015</small><ref name	JTimes
popplace	Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Jerash and Balqa governorates
langs	Arabic
rels	Islam and Christianity

of which 634,182 did not hold Jordanian citizenship in 2015

Palestinians in Jordan refers mainly to those with Palestinian refugee status currently residing there. Sometimes the definition includes Jordanian citizens with full Palestinian origin. Most Palestinian ancestors came to Jordan as Palestinian refugees between 1947 and 1967. Today, most Palestinians and their descendants in Jordan are naturalized, making Jordan the only Arab country to fully integrate the Palestinian refugees of 1948, as the West Bank was annexed and held by Jordan between 1948 and 1967.

Population

In Jordan, there is no official census data for how many inhabitants are Palestinians and it rather depends on the definition of who is a Palestinian. Some 2.18 million Palestinians were registered as refugees in 2016. As of 2014, around 370,000 live in ten refugee camps, with the biggest one being Baqa'a refugee camp with over 104,000 residents, followed by Al-Wehdat refugee camp with over 51,500 residents. Minority Rights Group International estimated that there are around 3 million Palestinians in Jordan.

Palestinians are overwhelmingly concentrated in northern and central Jordan, specifically in the Amman Governorate, Zarqa Governorate and Irbid Governorate.

Notable people

This is a list of notable Palestinians in Jordan and people of Palestinian ancestry:

Anwar Nusseibeh, politician
Ahmad Toukan, politician
Amer Shafi, footballer
Emad Hajjaj, cartoonist
Hassan Abdel-Fattah, footballer
Ibrahim Nasrallah, poet and novelist
Princess Firyal of Jordan, princess
Samir al-Rifai, politician
Queen Alia of Jordan, third wife of King Hussein
Queen Rania of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II
Hanan Al-Agha, plastic artist
Eyad Nassar, actor
Musa Al-Taamari, football player
Zeid Hijazi, fashion designer
Zeyne, singer

Bibliography

Full text at https://books.openedition.org/ifpo/499?lang=en
Sayigh Yusuf, 1984, Al-Urdunn wa-l-Filastiniyyun, Dirasah fi Wihdat al-Masir aw al-Sira’ al-Hatmi (Arabic), London, Riyad El-Rayyis Books

References

(2014). "Where We Work - Jordan". [[UNRWA]].
(30 January 2016). "Population stands at around 9.5 million, including 2.9 million guests". Mohammad Ghazal for [[The Jordan Times]].
Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld {{!}} Chronology for Palestinians in Jordan".
"Seventy+ Years of Suffocation {{!}} Chapter 2: Jordan".
(2006). "Assessment for Palestinians in Jordan". [[Minorities at Risk]].
(2008). "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Jordan - Palestinians". [[Minority Rights Group International]].
"Palestinians in Jordan".

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