The city provided food and clothing to displaced residents.
He pledged that the city would help the displaced residents find new permanent homes.
Many people were taken to an elementary school nearby that was closed today to accommodate the displaced residents.
The number of displaced residents is estimated between 4,496 and 15,000 by various sources.
After the conflict in 1974, the displaced residents built a new village south of the old location.
Struggling merchants and displaced residents wonder just what shape the neighborhood will take in the coming years.
The 500 displaced residents are being temporarily housed by the city.
At the end of the war, the displaced residents hoped their land would be restored, but to date these families have received no compensation.
The involuntarily displaced residents nonetheless had to find housing on their own.
Throughout the day, throngs of people gathered outside the school where the displaced residents had spent the night.