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Informal Site Profile - Twahina Ar-Raqqa governorate, Syria November 2017

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Summary

This profile provides a multisectoral needs overview and summarises the infrastructure and services present in Twahina informal site. Primary data was collected on 29 November 2017 through direct interviews with the camp management team. As such, the findings of this assessment are indicative only and not statistically representative. Additional information was provided by direct field observations.

Camp Overview

# of individuals: 7,400
# of shelters: 1,150 (all occupied)
First arrivals: May 2017
Camp area: 0.33 km2

The site population is reportedly all Syrian Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), with approximately 50% from Salaymiyah subdistrict (Hama governorate), 25% from Tadmor subdistrict (Homs governorate) and 10% from Deir-ez-Zor governorate, with a further 15% from other parts of Syria.