<sod>'''Zaatari''' (Arabic: '''مخيم الزعتري''') is a refugee camp in [[Jordan]], located 10&nbsp;km east of [[Mafraq]] which is gradually evolving into a permanent settlement.<ref name = NYT7514 >[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/world/middleeast/zaatari-refugee-camp-in-jordan-evolves-as-a-do-it-yourself-city.html "Refugee Camp for Syrians in Jordan Evolves as a Do-It-Yourself City"] article by Michael Kimmelman in ''[[The New York Times]] July 4, 2014</ref> It was first opened on July 28, 2012 to host [[Refugees of the Syrian civil war|Syrians]] fleeing the violence in the ongoing [[Syrian civil war]] that erupted in 2011. On March 26, 2015, the camp population was estimated at 83,000 refugees.<ref name="UNHCR data Portal">{{cite web|url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/settlement.php?id=176&country=107&region=77|title=UNHCR data Portal|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)|work=UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response|accessdate=20 November 2014}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''Zaatari''' (Arabic: '''مخيم الزعتري''') is a refugee camp in [[Jordan]], located {{convert|10|km}} east of [[Mafraq]] which is gradually evolving into a permanent settlement.<ref name = NYT7514 >[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/world/middleeast/zaatari-refugee-camp-in-jordan-evolves-as-a-do-it-yourself-city.html "Refugee Camp for Syrians in Jordan Evolves as a Do-It-Yourself City"] article by Michael Kimmelman in ''[[The New York Times]] July 4, 2014</ref> It was first opened on July 28, 2012 to host [[Refugees of the Syrian civil war|Syrians]] fleeing the violence in the ongoing [[Syrian civil war]] that erupted in 2011. On March 26, 2015, the camp population was estimated at 83,000 refugees.<ref name="UNHCR data Portal">{{cite web|url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/settlement.php?id=176&country=107&region=77|title=UNHCR data Portal|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)|work=UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response|accessdate=20 November 2014}}</ref><eod>