Qabr Essit

Qabr Es-sit قبر الست Sayyidah Zaynab Camp
Palestinian refugee camp
Qabr Es-sit Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°26′28″N 36°20′11″E / 33.44111°N 36.33639°E / 33.44111; 36.33639
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq Governorate
Established	1948
Area
• Total	0.02 km2 (0.008 sq mi)
Population  (Pre-war)
• Total	23,700 (pre-war)[1]
Area code	11

Qabr Essit Camp (Arabic: مخيم قبر الست, or Sayyidah Zaynab camp, is a 0.02-square-kilometer (4.9-acre)^[1][2] refugee camp near the city of Sayyidah Zaynab, populated by Palestinians.^[2] It is located 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) from the center of Damascus. The pre-war population of the camp was around 23,700.^[1]

During the Syrian Civil War, up to 40% of the camps population had fled due to fighting surrounding the camp.^[1]

Although the camp was established in 1948, most of its residents came from Quneitra Governorate after 1967, when the Golan Heights were occupied by Israel.^[1][2]

History

Establishment

Qabr Essit camp was established on an area of 0.02 square kilometres in 1948, but the majority of the residents came in 1967. The residents, who were displaced from the Golan Heights in the Quneitra Governorate during the 1967 Arab-Israeli conflict, were displaced a second time to Qabr Essit. Most had originally fled to the Golan Heights in 1948 from nearby villages in northern Palestine.^[1]

Operation and living

Displacement, unemployment, inflation, protection and security risks are big problems for the residents in the camp.^[1] Poor sanitation is also a problem in the camp, and there is a relatively high incidence of illnesses associated with poor environmental health conditions. The sewage system is outdated and needs to be upgraded in order to cope with the demands of the camps population.^[2]

References

 Gaza Strip
518,000 UNRWA refugees West Bank
188,150 UNRWA refugees Syria
319,958 UNRWA refugees Lebanon
188,850 UNRWA refugees Jordan
355,500 UNRWA refugees

Al-Shati (Beach camp)	87,000
Bureij	34,000
Deir al-Balah	21,000
Jabalia	110,000
Khan Yunis	72,000
Maghazi	24,000
Nuseirat	66,000
Rafah	104,000
Canada Camp	closed

Aqabat Jaber	6,400
Ein as-Sultan	1,900
Far'a	7,600
Fawwar	8,000
Jalazone	11,000
Qalandia Camp	11,000
Am'ari	10,500
Deir 'Ammar	2,400
Dheisheh	13,000
Aida	4,700
Al-Arroub	10,400
Askar	15,900
Balata Camp	23,600
'Azza (Beit Jibrin)	1,000
Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1)	6,750
Tulkarm Camp	18,000
Nur Shams	9,000
Jenin Camp	16,000
Shu'fat Camp	11,000
Silwad

Sbeineh	22,600
Khan al-Shih	20,000
Neirab	20,500
Homs	22,000
Jaramana camp	18,658
Daraa camp	10,000
Hama camp	8,000
Khan Dannun	10,000
Qabr Essit	23,700
Unofficial camps
Ein Al-Tal	6,000
Latakia Camp	10,000
Yarmouk	148,500

Bourj el-Barajneh	17,945
Ain al-Hilweh	54,116
El Buss	11,254
Nahr al-Bared	5,857
Shatila	9,842
Wavel	8,806
Mar Elias	662
Mieh Mieh	5,250
Beddawi	16,500
Burj el-Shemali	22,789
Dbayeh camp	4,351
Rashidieh	31,478
Former camps
Tel al-Zaatar	?
Nabatieh refugee camp	?

Zarqa camp	20,000
Jabal el-Hussein	29,000
Amman New Camp (Wihdat)	51,500
Souf	20,000
Baqa'a	104,000
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp)	22,000
Irbid camp	25,000
Jerash camp	24,000
Marka	53,000
Talbieh	8,000