Palestinians in Jordan refers mainly to those with Palestinian refugee status currently residing there. Sometimes the definition includes Jordanian citizens with full Palestinian origin.
Most Palestinian ancestors came to Jordan as Palestinian refugees between 1947 and 1967. Today, most Palestinians and their descendants in Jordan are fully naturalized, making Jordan the only Arab country to fully integrate the Palestinian refugees of 1948.
In Jordan, there is no official census data for how many inhabitants are Palestinians and it rather depends on the definition of who is a Palestinian. Some 2.18 million Palestinians were registered as refugees in 2016. As of 2014, around 370,000 live in ten refugee camps, with the biggest one being Baqa'a refugee camp with over 104,000 residents, followed by Amman New Camp (Wihdat) with over 51,500 residents.
Palestinians are overwhelmingly concentrated in northern and central Jordan, specifically in the Amman Governorate, Zarqa Governorate and Irbid Governorate.
Notable people
This is a list of notable Palestinians in Jordan and people of Palestinian ancestry:
Anwar Nusseibeh, politician
Ahmad Toukan, politician
Amer Shafi, footballer
Emad Hajjaj, cartoonist
Hassan Abdel-Fattah, footballer
Ibrahim Nasrallah, poet and novelist
Princess Firyal of Jordan, princess
Samir al-Rifai, politician
Queen Alia of Jordan, third wife of King Hussein
Queen Rania of Jordan, wife of King Abdullah II
Hanan Al-Agha, plastic artist
, actor
See also
Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Jordan
Demographics of Jordan
1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight
1967 Palestinian exodus
Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
King Hussein's federation plan
Three-state solution
Bibliography
Sayigh Yusuf, 1984, Al-Urdunn wa-l-Filastiniyyun, Dirasah fi Wihdat al-Masir aw al-Sira’ al-Hatmi (Arabic), London, Riyad El-Rayyis Books
References
External links
Progress, challenges, diversity - Insights into the socio-economic conditions of Palestinian refugees in Jordan, 2013 Fafo Foundation report