Mirka
Mirka is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 12 km Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,203 by 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,200 residents
- Description: Palestinian village in the West Bank
- Also known as: “Mirka, Jenin” and “Mirkah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell Dothan.
Tell Dothan
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Dothan was a location mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible. It has been identified with Tel Dothan, also known as Tel al-Hafireh, located adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bir al-Basha, and ten kilometers southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, near Dotan Junction of Route 60.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zawiya and Bir al-Basha.
Zawiya
Village
Az-Zawiya is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the village had a population of 770 in 2007 and 1,006 by 2017.
Bir al-Basha
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bir al-Basha is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 15 km southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,307 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,725 by 2017. Bir al-Basha is situated 3 km north of Mirka.
Arabah
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arraba, also Arrabah, Arrabeh or Arrabet Jenin, is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 12 kilometers southwest of Jenin and has an elevation of 350 meters above sea level. Arabah is situated 3½ km west of Mirka.
Mirka
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.3967° or 32° 23′ 48″ northLongitude
35.23873° or 35° 14′ 19″ eastPopulation
2,200Elevation
369 metres (1,211 feet)Open location code
8G4Q96WQ+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 432544917OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
282746Wikidata ID
Q6873626
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Mirka” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركة”
- Catalan: “Mirka”
- Cebuano: “Mirkah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مركه”
- French: “Mirka”
- Hebrew: “מארקה”
- Hebrew: “מירכה”
- Hebrew: “מרכה”
- Hebrew: “מרקה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mirka”
- Persian: “مرکه (فلسطین)”
- Persian: “مرکه”
- Polish: “Mirka”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirka New Mosque and Women Center.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mirka”. Photo: Sheepdog85, CC BY-SA 3.0.