Balata
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- For the natural latex see Balatá
Balata is the name of a Palestinian refugee camp established on the West Bank in 1950 adjacent to the city of Nablus. It currently houses 21,445 refugees. It is currently the largest refugee camp in the West Bank.
During the Intifadah (1987-1993) the camp was very active, and the Israeli Defence Force demolished 74 shelters within the camp, killing and injuring many refugees.
The United Nations funds a school in the Balata camp, which educates around 4,000 pupils.
UNRWA page on the Balata camp (http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/westbank/balata.html)fr:Balata