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Dakhla refugee camp مخيم الداخلة
Refugee Camp
Dakhla refugee camp
Coordinates: 26°44′47″N 7°15′47″W / 26.74639°N 7.26306°W / 26.74639; -7.26306
Country	Algeria
Province	Tindouf Province
District	Tindouf District
Commune	Tindouf
Elevation	454 m (1,490 ft)
Population
• Total	38,180
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal code	37004
ISO 3166 code	DZ-37

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

1. "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.
2. "Gâra Djebilet, Algeria". Geonames.Org. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
3. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena (May 2011). "Protracted Sahrawi displacement" (PDF). Refugee Studies Centre.

v t e Places adjacent to Dakhla refugee camp
Tindouf Oum El Assel Béchar Tinfouchy Bir Lehlou (Western Sahara) Garet Djebilet Âouinet Bel Egrâ Adrar Ain Ben Tili (Mauritania) Chegga (Mauritania)

v t e Tindouf Province
Tindouf District	Tindouf (Âouinet Bel Egrâ - Chenachène - Garet Djebilet - Oum El Achar) Oum El Assel (Bou Bernous - Fort Lofti - Hassi Khébi - Hassi Mounir)

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