Burqah
Burqah is a locality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank and has about 2,240 residents. Burqah is situated nearby to the hamlet Giv’at Asaf, as well as near Old Migron.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu and Tel A-Nasbe.
Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu
College
Photo: יוסף לברן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu is a college.
Tel A-Nasbe
Archaeological site
Photo: דניאל צבי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell en-Nasbeh, likely the biblical city of Mizpah, is a 3.2 hectare tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank. Tel A-Nasbe is situated 4 km west of Burqah.
Burj Beitin
Archaeological site
Burj Beitin is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km north of Burqah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burqa and Giv’at Asaf.
Burqa
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burqa is a town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located east of Ramallah in the northern West Bank, Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,047 inhabitants in the 2017 census.
Giv’at Asaf
Hamlet
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giv'at Asaf is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank. Located 3.5 kilometres from the settlement of Beit El, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Old Migron
Hamlet
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Migron is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, located within 2 km of a former outpost by the same name, that was relocated to its present site on 2 September 2012.
Burqah
- Type: Locality with 2,240 residents
- Also known as: “Burqā”
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Burqah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برقة”
- Cebuano: “Burqah”
- Dutch: “Burqah”
- Hebrew: “בורקא”
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