Barkan

Barkan is an Israeli settlement in the northern , about 8 km west of the Palestinian city of , under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 1,830 residents
  • Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
  • Also known as: “Barqan” and “Broqeen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khirbet Kurkush.

Archaeological site
Photo: Ameen Rammal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archeological site in the . It lies between the Israeli settlements of and and near the Palestinian town of , in the of the State of Palestine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Netafim and Sarta.

Village
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is an Israeli settlement located in the northern , about 8 km west of the city . Organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council.

Village
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is a Palestinian town in the in the northern , 22 kilometers southwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 3,382 in 2017.

Village
Photo: Mahmood moutan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian town in the of the state of Palestine, 30 kilometers southwest of Nablus and 8 kilometers northwest of in the northern .

Barkan

Latitude
32.10662° or 32° 6′ 24″ north
Longitude
35.10656° or 35° 6′ 24″ east
Population
1,830
Elevation
452 metres (1,483 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q4444+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1695018265
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
284408
Wiki­data ID
Q2558902
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Satellite Map

Discover Barkan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Barkan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برقان”
  • Arabic: “بركان”
  • Chinese: “巴肯”
  • Czech: “Barkan”
  • Dutch: “Barkan”
  • French: “Barkan”
  • German: “Barkan”
  • Hebrew: “בית אבא”
  • Hebrew: “ברקן”
  • Hebrew: “בַּרְקָן”
  • Hungarian: “Barkan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barkan”
  • Persian: “برکان (اسرائیل)”
  • Persian: “برکان (مستوطنه) (اسرائیل)”
  • Persian: “برکان”
  • Polish: “Barkan”
  • Polish: “Barqan”
  • Russian: “Баркан”

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Localities in the Area

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