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Berakha

Har Brakha, more commonly spelled Har Bracha is an Israeli settlement located on the southern ridge of at an elevation of 870 metres above sea level, in the 's Samarian Mountains, near the Palestinian city of .
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  • Type: Village with 2,500 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in Samaria
  • Also known as: “Bracha”, “Har Bracha”, and “Har Brakha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Gerizim and Bi’er Yacoub.

Peak
Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of two mountains near the city of and the biblical city of Shechem, located in the north of ’s .

Church
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Jacob's Well, also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of in the . is situated 2½ km northeast of Berakha.

Synagogue
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of , on the outskirts of the city of . is situated 3 km northeast of Berakha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kafr Qallil and Kiryat Luza.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian town in the of the State of Palestine, in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,029 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village situated on near the city of in the . It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of and the Palestinian National Authority, and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.

Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burin is a Palestinian village in the of the State of Palestine, in the northern , located 7 kilometres southwest of . The town had a population of 2,844 in 2017.

Berakha

Latitude
32.19241° or 32° 11′ 33″ north
Longitude
35.2651° or 35° 15′ 54″ east
Population
2,500
Elevation
861 metres (2,825 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q57R8+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768037535
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284280
Wiki­data ID
Q2889503
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Berakha” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Har Bracha”
  • Arabic: “هار براخا”
  • Belarusian: “Гар-Браха”
  • Bulgarian: “Хар Браха”
  • Catalan: “Har Brachà”
  • Croatian: “Har Bracha”
  • Czech: “Har Bracha”
  • Czech: “Har Brakha”
  • Dutch: “Har Bracha”
  • Dutch: “Har Brakha”
  • Esperanto: “Har Brakha”
  • French: “Har Bracha”
  • French: “Har Brakha”
  • German: “Har Brakha”
  • Hausa: “Har Brakha”
  • Hebrew: “ברכה”
  • Hebrew: “הר ברכה”
  • Hungarian: “Har Brahá”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Berkat”
  • Italian: “Har Brakha”
  • Japanese: “ハル・ブラチャ”
  • Kurdish: “Har Brakha”
  • Kurdish: “Har Braxa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Har Brakha”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Har Brakha”
  • Norwegian: “Har Brakha”
  • Novial: “Har Berakha”
  • Persian: “هار براخا”
  • Polish: “Beracha”
  • Polish: “Berakha”
  • Romanian: “Har Bracha”
  • Russian: “Хар-Браха”
  • Spanish: “Har Brajá”
  • Turkish: “Har Berakha”
  • Ukrainian: “Гар-Браха”
  • Urdu: “ہار براخا”
  • Volapük: “Har Bracha”
  • Yiddish: “הר ברכה”

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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 “Berakha”. Photo: יאיר דב, CC BY-SA 4.0.