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Table (A):

Distribution of Refugees by District and Camps, 1994
West Bank:
REGION CAMP IN OUT TOTAL
Nablus Askar
Balata
Camp No.1		 10,165
15,897
4.933 		   
Jenin Far’a
Jenin		 5,305
11,138		    
Tulkarem Nur Shames
Tulkarem		 6,178
12,367		    
Ramallah Ama’ri
Deir Ammar
Jalazoun
Kalandia		 6,672
1,677
7,186
7,025		    
Jerusalem Shu’fat 7,683    
Jericho Aqbat Jabr
Ein Sultan		 3,607
1,172 		   
Bethlehem Dheisheh
Aida
Beit Jibrin		 8,676
3,262
1,466		    
Hebron Fawwar
Arroub		 4,841
6,697		    
Total   128,284 369,674 497,958



Distribution of Refugees by District and Camps, 1994
Gaza Strip:
REGION CAMP IN OUT TOTAL
North Jabalia 76,021 31,900 107,921
Gaza city Gaza city
Shati		 59,276 122,698 122,698
59,276
Gaza MID Deir Balah
Nuseirat
Bureij
AL-Maghazi		 13,849
40,279
24,779
16,976		    
South Khan
Yunis Rafah		 47,151
68,112		 62,876
37,398		 110,027
105,510
Total   346,443 288,656 635,099



a) Including others, others, e.g. those who moved from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
Source: PASSIA Archives.

By 1992, there were some 2.6 million Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. Only 38% of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East live in the OPT.

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