Nuseirat camp | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | مخيّم النصيرات |
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Location of Nuseirat camp within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°26′51″N 34°23′34″E / 31.44750°N 34.39278°E | |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Deir al-Balah |
Government | |
• Type | Refugee Camp |
Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 31,747 |
Population total includes both the camp population and the population of the Nuseirat municipality |
Nuseirat (Arabic: مخيّم النصيرات) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip,[2] five kilometers north-east of Deir al-Balah. The refugee camp is in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the refugee camp had a population of 31,747 and the surrounding Nuseirat municipality had a population of 54,851 in 2017.[1] The camp was established after the 1948 Palestinian expulsion during the 1948 Palestine war.