Jordan's main camp for Syrian refugees in numbers

[November 01, 2013]  ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan's Zaatari camp for Syrians fleeing their country's civil war is one of the largest refugee camps in the world.

Here's a look at the camp in numbers, provided by the U.N. refugee agency.

• Residents: About 100,000, or as many as in Flint, Michigan

• Households: 13,500 (capacity 15,000)

• Area: 530 hectares (1,310 acres)

• Distance from the Syrian border: 12 kilometers (7.5 miles)

• Established: July 2012

• Districts: 12

• Trailers: 18,000

• Tents: 10,000 (though only about 4,000 families live in tents)

• Shops: 2,500, of those 680 larger ones

• Schools: 3, with more than 16,000 students enrolled

• Boys moving goods in wheelbarrows for a small fee: More than 1,000

• Residents earning income: About 65 percent

• Daily cost of operating the camp: At least $500,000

• Monthly electricity bill for the camp: $500,000

• Daily pita bread distribution: 500,000 pieces

• Daily number of water trucks: 350

• Daily number of sewage trucks: 200

• Daily water use per person: 45 liters

• Hospitals: 3, including one for maternal delivery

• Clinics at the camp : Over 10

• Babies born every month at the camp: More than 200

• Deaths: About 200 since the camp opened

• Number of refugees who have passed through Zaatari: 350,000 to 360,000

And here are some other statistics on Syrian refugees:

• Syrians who have fled their country: 2.1 million

• Syrian refugees living in Jordan: 550,000

• Of those, refugees living in Jordan's urban areas: 423,000

[Associated Press]

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