Gara Djebilet
Dakhla refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم الداخلة) is a Sahrawi refugee camp in Tindouf province in southwestern Algeria. The settlement is also known as Garet Djebilet (also written Gâra Djebilet). It is located 134 kilometres (83 mi) southeast of Tindouf near the Mauritanian border, and is the location of an iron mine. As of 2003, the camp has a population of about 38,180 Sahrawi refugees, according to UNHCR statistics. It is named after the city of Dakhla in Western Sahara.
References
- ^ "Décret n° 84-365, fixant la composition, la consistance et les limites territoriale des communes. Wilaya d'El Oued" (PDF) (in French). Journal officiel de la République Algérienne. 19 December 1984. p. 1462. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Gâra Djebilet, Algeria". Geonames.Org. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena (May 2011). "Protracted Sahrawi displacement" (PDF). Refugee Studies Centre.
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