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Burqin

Burqin is a Palestinian town in the northern located 5 km west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, its population was 5,685 in 2007 and 7,126 in 2017.
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  • Type: Village with 7,130 residents
  • Description: Palestinian town near Jenin
  • Also known as: “Birqin”, “Burqīn”, and “Burqin, Palestine”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burkin Church and The Freedom Theatre.

Church
Photo: Sylwia Ufnalska, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burqin Church, also known as the Church of the Ten Lepers or Church of St George, is a Greek Orthodox church established during the Byzantine period and located in the Palestinian town of Burqin, in the of .

Theater building
Photo: Guillom, CC BY 3.0.
is a Palestinian community-based theatre and cultural center in the , in , in the northern part of the , . is situated 2½ km east of Burqin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kafr Dan and Jenin Refugee Camp.

Village
is a Palestinian village in the , located 8 km northwest of in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the town had a population of 5,148 in 2007 and 6,591 in 2017. is situated 2½ km north of Burqin.

Town
Photo: Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Jenin camp, is a town originally founded in 1953 as a Palestinian refugee camp located within the city of in the northern . is situated 2½ km east of Burqin.

Village
is a Palestinian village in the in the northern , located west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, it had a population of 1,143 in 2007 and 1,553 in 2017. is situated 3 km west of Burqin.

Burqin

Latitude
32.45619° or 32° 27′ 22″ north
Longitude
35.26066° or 35° 15′ 38″ east
Population
7,130
Elevation
259 metres (850 feet)
Open location code
8G4QF746+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332784993
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284194
Wiki­data ID
Q286871
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Burqin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برقين”
  • Asturian: “Burqin”
  • Catalan: “Burqin”
  • Cebuano: “Birqīn”
  • Dutch: “Burqin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برقين”
  • French: “Burquin”
  • German: “Burqin”
  • Hebrew: “בורקין”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burqin”
  • Polish: “Burkin”
  • Romanian: “Burkin”
  • Spanish: “Burqin”

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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 “Burqin”. Photo: A abualrob, Public domain.