Barkan
Barkan is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, about 8 km west of the Palestinian city of Salfit, under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council.
- Type: Village with 1,830 residents
- Description: Israeli settlement in the West Bank
- Also known as: “Broqeen” and “בית אבא”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiryat Netafim and Sarta.
Barkan
- Categories: Israeli settlement and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “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
Places to explore: Barkan and Ma’ale Yisrael.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: גתות ברקן and Fateh Party Office.
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