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Faqqua

Faqqu'a is a village on the northern , known for its cactus fruits, located along the Green Line on the Gilboa ridge. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,490 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 4,410 in 2017, an exclusively Muslim population.
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  • Type: Village with 4,410 residents
  • Description: village council in Jenin Governorate
  • Also known as: “Faqqū‘a”, “Faqqu’ah”, “Faqqū‘ah”, “faqqua‘”, and “Faqquah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beit Alfa Ancient Synagogue and Horbat Gefet.

Archaeological site
Photo: Mrbrefast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beth Alpha is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, located at the foot of the northern slopes of the mountains near , in the of . is situated 4 km northeast of Faqqua.

Ruins
Khirbat al-Jawfa' was a Palestinian Arab village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. is situated 3 km east of Faqqua.

Photo: M.t.lifshits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa is a Shiluv Yeshiva located on Kibbutz in Israel's Gilboa Mountains. The Shiluv Yeshiva is unique in that it combines two years of Torah study with the full three years of army service.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale Gilboa and Jalbun.

Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma'ale Gilboa is a religious kibbutz located on the summit of , on the northeast end of the ridge of the hills in . Located about 5 km west of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Beit She'an Valley Regional Council.

Village
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is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 13 km east of the city of in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,493 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,813 in 2017. is situated 3½ km south of Faqqua.

Village
is a kibbutz in northern . Located on the boundaries of the and between the cities of and , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2023 it had a population of 828. is situated 4 km northeast of Faqqua.

Faqqua

Latitude
32.49047° or 32° 29′ 26″ north
Longitude
35.40112° or 35° 24′ 4″ east
Population
4,410
Elevation
429 metres (1,407 feet)
Open location code
8G4QFCR2+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332785039
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
283971
Wiki­data ID
Q1018913
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Faqqua” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Faqoa”
  • Arabic: “Faqqua”
  • Arabic: “فقوعة”
  • Arabic: “فقوعه”
  • Catalan: “Faqqua”
  • Chinese: “法库阿”
  • Chinese: “法庫阿”
  • Dutch: “Faqoa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فقوعه”
  • French: “Faqoa”
  • French: “Faqqu’a”
  • French: “Faqqua”
  • German: “Faqoa”
  • German: “Faqqua”
  • Hausa: “Faqqua”
  • Hebrew: “פקועה”
  • Italian: “Faqoa”
  • Italian: “Faqqua”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Faqqua”
  • Persian: “فقوعة”
  • Polish: “Faku’a”
  • Polish: “Fakua”
  • Polish: “Faqoa”
  • Russian: “Faqoa”
  • Russian: “Факуа”
  • Spanish: “Faqoa”

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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 “Faqqua”. Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.