Shatila refugee camp

Shatila refugee camp


Beirut, Lebanon (LB)
The Shatila refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم شاتيلا‎) (also Chatila refugee camp) is a refugee camp for Palestinian refugees, set up by UNRWA in 1949. The camp is located within the Lebanese capital Beirut. As of December 2003, it housed 12,235 registered refugees. It is most widely known as the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in September 1982, but also played a significant role in the 1982 Lebanon war and the 1985 to 1987 war of the camps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatila_refugee_camp
The Shatila refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم شاتيلا‎) (also Chatila refugee camp) is a refugee camp for Palestinian refugees, set up by UNRWA in 1949. The camp is located within the Lebanese capital Beirut. As of December 2003, it housed 12,235 registered refugees. It is most widely known as the site of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in September 1982, but also played a significant role in the 1982 Lebanon war and the 1985 to 1987 war of the camps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shatila_refugee_camp
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