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Yarka

Yarka, officially Yirka, is a Druze village and local council in the of . In 2019 it had a population of 17,171, 98.8% of them members of the Druze community, with a small Muslim and Christian minorities.
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  • Type: Village with 17,200 residents
  • Description: Druze-Arab village in Israel
  • Also known as: “Arki”, “Yarkah”, and “Yirka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Mona Garden and HaYonim Cave.

Photo: Nirvadel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cave
Photo: מנוף, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cave located in a limestone bluff about 250 meters above modern sea level, in the , . is situated 4 km south of Yarka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Julis and Abu Snan.

Village
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is a Druze village and local council in the of . In 2023 it had a population of 6,701.

Village
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is an Arab village and locality in the Galilee, part of the of . With an area of 4,750 dunams. It acquired recognition as an independent local council in 1964. is situated 3 km west of Yarka.

Village
Photo: הא בהא טליה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an ecological community settlement in northern . Located in the Western Galilee, southeast of between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 931. is situated 3 km north of Yarka.

Yarka

Latitude
32.9563° or 32° 57′ 23″ north
Longitude
35.20324° or 35° 12′ 12″ east
Population
17,200
Elevation
339 metres (1,112 feet)
Open location code
8G4QX643+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 614167042
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
293181
Wiki­data ID
Q2640151
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Yarka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يركا‎”
  • Arabic: “يركا”
  • Czech: “Jirka”
  • Czech: “Yarka”
  • Czech: “Yirka”
  • Dutch: “Yarka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يركا”
  • French: “Yarka”
  • Georgian: “იარქა”
  • Hebrew: “Yirkā”
  • Hebrew: “ירכא”
  • Hebrew: “יִרְכָּא”
  • Hebrew: “ירקא”
  • Irish: “Yarka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yirka”
  • Polish: “Jirka”
  • Polish: “Yirka”
  • Russian: “Ярка”
  • Scots: “Yirka”
  • Turkish: “Yarka”
  • Urdu: “یارکہ”

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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 “Yarka”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.