Barqusya

Barqusya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War. It was located 31 km northwest of .
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  • Ruin
  • …lies at an elevation of 169 metres (554 feet)
  • Description: village in Hebron, Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as
    “Barqūsiyā”
    “Barqusyah”
    “Berkusieh”
    “Berqusiye”
    “Berqusiyeh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tel Tsafit.
Tell es-Safi was an Arab Palestinian village, located… is situated 2½ km northeast of Barqusya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gat and Al-Ghazi.
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Gath or was one of the five cities of the Philistine pentapolis during the Iron Age. is situated 2½ km northeast of Barqusya.
יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-'Azi is an Arab village in central . is situated 4½ km northwest of Barqusya.
Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in south-central . is situated 4½ km southwest of Barqusya.

Barqusya

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Latitude
31.68333° or 31° 41′ north
Longitude
34.83333° or 34° 50′ east
Open location code
8G3PMRMM+88
Geo­Names ID
295557
Wiki­data ID
Q4863089

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Barqusya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بركوسيا”
  • French: “Barqusya”
  • Hebrew: “ברקוסייה”
  • Indonesian: “Barqusya”
  • Persian: “برکوسیا”
  • Polish: “Barkusja”
  • Urdu: “برکوسیا”

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