Husn Camp
Appearance
Husn Camp, known locally as Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, located near Al Husn, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Amman. It was established in 1968 as an emergency camp to house 12,500 refugees who were displaced from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.[1] As of 2005 it had 50,573 refugees. The camp has a women's centre, four schools in two buildings, a health centre, a food distribution centre, and a rehabilitation centre.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Husn Refugee Camp". UNRWA. Retrieved 3 June 2013.