Dura al-Qar’
Dura al-Qar' or Dura al-Qari'a is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Dura al-Qar' had a population of 3,032 inhabitants in 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,860 residents
- Description: village council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
- Also known as: “Dura al Qar‘”, “Dura al-Qar‘”, and “Dūrā el Qar‘”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beit Midrash and Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace.
Beit Midrash
Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beit El Yeshiva is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the Binyamin region near Ramallah in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank.
Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace
Church
Photo: Osps7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace is situated 3 km northwest of Dura al-Qar’.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jifna and Ein Siniya.
Jifna
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jifna is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank of the State of Palestine, located 8 kilometers north of Ramallah and 23 kilometers north of Jerusalem.
Ein Siniya
Village
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein Siniya is a small Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 10 kilometers north of Ramallah, and approximately 1km northeast from Jifna. It lies in a valley surrounded with olive and fig-terraces.
Jalazone RC
Village
Photo: Kbshara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jalazone is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 7 kilometers north of Ramallah and adjacent to the village of Jifna to the north, Deir Dibwan to the east, Bir Zeit to the west and the Beit El Israeli settlement to the southeast.
Dura al-Qar’
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.95916° or 31° 57′ 33″ northLongitude
35.22828° or 35° 13′ 42″ eastPopulation
2,860Elevation
725 metres (2,379 feet)Open location code
8G3QX65H+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 331073797OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Dura al-Qar’” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دورا القرع”
- Arabic: “دورا قرع”
- Bengali: “দুরা আল-কার”
- Catalan: “Dura al-Qar‘”
- Catalan: “Dura al-Qar’”
- Cebuano: “Dūrā al Qar‘”
- Dutch: “Dura al-Qar‘”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دورا القرع”
- French: “Dura al-Qar‘”
- French: “Dura al-Qar’”
- Hebrew: “דורא אל-קרע”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dura al-Qar‘”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dura al-Qar’”
- Polish: “Dura al-Kar”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dura Alqare‘ Town Hall and Dura Alqare‘ New Mosque.
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