Sokhna camp (sometimes transliterated 'Sakhna' or 'Sukhna')' is a Palestinian refugee camp established in Jordan in 1969 on an area of 68,745 dunams, in the village of Sukhna, in the north part of Zarqa Governorate. Its population according to the International Relief Agency's 2017 survey was then 6,300.[1][2] This included 680 families among the 500 residential units. All the residential units are connected to the drinking water network.
Facilities include the Office of the Palestinian Affairs Service, a Camp Services Committee, a Bakery, a Mosque, and 40 shops.
The camp has two schools of the International Relief Agency (male and female), one kindergarten, but no government schools under the Ministry of Education.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "BADIL Refugee Survey 2016-18" (PDF). pp. 30–33. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "2022 budget of Department of Palestinian Affairs sees increase". 19 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "To promote the Digital MBA scholarships offered by TAG-Foundation to Palestinian refugees 'Abu-Ghazaleh Global University' Conducts Field Visit to As-Sukhna Refugee Camp in Zarqa City". Retrieved 3 January 2024.
ZARQA - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global University (TAGGU) team visited As-Sukhnah Refugee Camp in the Zarqa city to promote the Digital MBA scholarships offered by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Foundation (TAG-Foundation) to Palestinian refugees
- ^ "Meet Tamer, a 5 year-old boy from Al-Sukhna refugee camp, Jordan". 24 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2024.