Al-Burj
Al-Burj is a Palestinian village located twenty kilometers southwest of Hebron, in the Hebron Governorate of State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank.- Type: Village with 2,580 residents
- Description: village council in Hebron Governorate
- Also known as: “al Burj”, “Al-Burj, Hebron”, “Burj Beirah”, “Burj el Baiyāra”, “Khirbat al Burj”, “Khirbat el Burj”, “אלבורג‘”, and “בורג‘”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tel Bet Mirsham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa and Shomriya.
Shomriya
Village
Shomria is a religious kibbutz in southern Israel. Shomriya is situated 3½ km west of Al-Burj.
Anab al-Kabir
Village
Anab al-Kabir is a Palestinian village in the… Anab al-Kabir is situated 4 km south of Al-Burj.
Al-Burj
- Category: locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.4324° or 31° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
34.92424° or 34° 55′ 27″ east
Population
2,580
Elevation
516 metres (1,693 feet)
Open location code
8G3PCWJF+XM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Al-Burj” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “البرج”
- Catalan: “Al-Burj”
- Cebuano: “Al Burj”
- Dutch: “Al-Burj”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البرج”
- French: “Al-Burj”
- Hebrew: “אל-בורג‘”
- Hebrew: “אל-בורג’”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Burj”
- Persian: “ال-برج”
- Persian: “البرج”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Somara and Abu al-Hinna.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Khirbet Kafr Jul and Moran Hill.
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