Al-Birwa

Al-Birwa was a Palestinian Arab village, located 10.5 kilometers east of . In 1945, it had a population of 1,460, of whom the majority were Muslims and a significant minority, Christians.
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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: depopulated village
  • Also known as: “Al Birwa”, “Al-Birwah”, “Birwa”, “Birwah”, “Birwe”, “El Birwa”, “א בירוה”, “א בירווה”, “א-בירוה”, “א-בירווה”, “אל בירוה”, “אל בירווה”, “אל-בירוה”, “البروة (فلسطين)”, “البروه (فلسطين)”, “قرية البروة”, and “قرية البروه”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Cyclone Runway and Ahihud.

Aerodrome
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is an aerodrome.

Railway station
Photo: Netanel h, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is a railway station in , . is situated 1½ km northwest of Al-Birwa.

Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 1 km northeast of Al-Birwa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ahihud and Yas’ur.

Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern , about 9 km east of .

Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Yas'ur is a kibbutz in northern .

Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a community settlement in northern . is situated 3 km north of Al-Birwa.

Al-Birwa

Latitude
32.9° or 32° 54′ north
Longitude
35.18333° or 35° 11′ east
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
Open location code
8G4QW52M+28
Geo­Names ID
295272
Wiki­data ID
Q2914542
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Birwa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البروة”
  • Belarusian: “Аль-Бірва”
  • Danish: “Al-Birwa”
  • Dutch: “Al-Birwa”
  • French: “Al-Birwa”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בירווה”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Birwa”
  • Italian: “Al-Birwa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Birwa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Birwa”
  • Persian: “البروه”
  • Polish: “Al-Birwa”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Birweh”
  • Slovenian: “Al-Birwa”
  • Spanish: “Al-Birwa”
  • Swedish: “Al-Birwa”
  • Turkish: “El-Birva”
  • Urdu: “البروہ”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kabul and Jadeidi-Makr.

Nearby Places

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