Aida (camp)

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Aida
Aida camp in 1956
Arabic	مخيم عايده
Country	Palestine
Governorate	Bethlehem
Government	Refugee Camp (from 1950)
Also spelled	'Ayda (officially)
Coordinates	31°43′10.34″N 35°11′56.31″E / 31.7195389°N 35.198975°E / 31.7195389; 35.198975Coordinates: 31°43′10.34″N 35°11′56.31″E / 31.7195389°N 35.198975°E / 31.7195389; 35.198975
Population	3,260 (2006)
Jurisdiction	66  dunams (0.1 km²)

Aida (Arabic: عايده‎) (also spelled 'Ayda) is a Palestinian refugee camp situated 2 kilometers North of Bethlehem and 1 kilometer North of Beit Jala in the central West Bank. Named after a famous coffeehouse (maqhah) located on the site in the early 1940s,^[1] Aida camp was established in 1950 and covered an area of 66 dunams.^[2]

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the camp had a population of approximately 3,260 refugees in mid-year 2006.^[3] It is the location of the Al Rowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Center.^[4]

Pope Benedict XVI visited the refugee camp during his Middle East pilgrimage visit to Jordan, Israel, and Palestine in May 2009.

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v • d • e Palestine refugee1 camp locations and populations as of 2005  Gaza Strip 986,034 refugees  Jordan 1,827,877 refugees  Lebanon 404,170 refugees  Syria 432,048 refugees  West Bank 699,817 refugees Al-Shati (Beach) 76,109 Bureij 30,059 Deir al-Balah 20,188 Jabalya 103,646 Khan Yunis 60,662 Maghazi 22,536 Nuseirat 64,233 Rafah 90,638 Canada Camp disbanded Amman New 29,805 Baqa'a 80,100 Husn 19,573 Irbid camp 23,512 Jabal el-Hussein 27,674 Jerash 15,696 Marka 41,237 Souf 14,911 Talbieh 4,041 Zarqa 17,344 Beddawi 15,695 Burj el-Barajneh 19,526 Burj el-Shemali 18,134 Dbayeh 4,223 Dikwaneh destroyed Ein el-Hilweh 44,133 El-Buss 9,840 Jisr el-Basha destroyed Mar Elias 1,406 Mieh Mieh 5,078 Nabatieh destroyed Nahr el-Bared 28,358 Rashidieh 24,679 Sabra Shatila 11,998 Tel al-Zaatar destroyed Wavel 7,357 Dera'a 5,916 Dera'a (emergency) 5,536 Hama 7,597 Hims 13,825 Jaramana 5,007 Khan Dunoun 8,603 Khan Eshieh 15,731 Neirab 17,994 Qabr Essit 16,016 Sbeineh 19,624 Latakia 6,534 Yarmouk 112,550 Ein Al-Tal 4,329 Abu Dis Aida 3,260 Am'ari 8,083 Aqabat Jabr 5,197 al-'Arrub 9,180 Askar 13,894 'Azza 1,828 Balata 20,681 Deir Ammar 2,189 Dheisheh 10,923 Ein Beit al-Ma' 6,221 Ein as-Sultan 1,888 Far'a 6,836 Fawwar 7,072 Jalazone 9,284 Jenin 14,050 Kalandia 9,188 Nur Shams 8,179 Shuafat (Shu'fat) 9,567 Tulkarm 16,259 1 The UNRWA definition of a "Palestine refugee" is a person "whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict ... UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948." [1] Palestinian exodus · United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)