Yarka
Yarka, officially Yirka, is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 17,171, 98.8% of them members of the Druze community, with small Muslim and Christian minorities.
- Village with about 17,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 280 metres (920 feet)
- Description: Druze-Arab village in Israel
- Also known as“Arki”“Yarkah”“Yirka”
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Yarka
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
32.95489° or 32° 57′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.20879° or 35° 12′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G4QX635+XG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Yarka” goes by many names.
يركاArabic
JirkaCzech
YarkaCzech
YirkaCzech
YarkaDutch
يركاEgyptian Arabic
JirkaPolish
YirkaPolish
ЯркаRussian
YirkaScots
YarkaTurkish
یارکہUrdu
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