Baqa al-Gharbiyye

Baqa al-Gharbiyye is a predominantly Arab city in the "Triangle" region of near the Green Line. In 2003, Baqa al-Gharbiyye united with the local council to form Baqa-Jatt, a unification that was dissolved a few years later.
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Photo: Tareqhs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 30,000 residents
  • Description: Israeli-Arab city in Israel
  • Also known as: “Baka-el-Garbiya”, “Baq’a el Gharbia”, “Bāqa”, “Baqa al Gharbiya”, “Baqa al Gharbiyya”, “Baqa al-Gharbiyah”, “Bāqa Al-Gharbiyye”, “Baqa el Garbiyya”, “Baqa el Garbiyye”, “Baqa el Gharbiya”, “Bāqa el Gharbiya”, “Gharbiya”, “באקה אל גרביה”, “באקה אל ערביה”, “באקה אל-ערביה”, “באקה אלגרבייה”, “בקה אל ע’רבייה”, “בקה אל-גרבייה”, and “باقه الغربيه”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ein Shemer Airfield.

Aerodrome
is an Israeli Air Force base… is situated 4 km northwest of Baqa al-Gharbiyye.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazlat ’Isa and Metzer.

Village
Nazlat 'Isa is a Palestinian village in the…

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in northern .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an Arab local council in the Triangle area of in .

Baqa al-Gharbiyye

Latitude
32.41971° or 32° 25′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.04283° or 35° 2′ 34″ east
Population
30,000
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IL BAG
Open location code
8G4QC29V+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278372186
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
295571
Wiki­data ID
Q2916599
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Baqa al-Gharbiyye” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باقة الغربية‎,”
  • Arabic: “باقة الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Բակա ալ-Գարբյահ”
  • Catalan: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
  • Central Kurdish: “باقە ئەلغەربییە”
  • Chinese: “西巴盖”
  • Chinese: “西巴蓋”
  • Czech: “Báka al-Gharbíja”
  • Dutch: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باقة الغربيه”
  • Esperanto: “Baka al-Gharbije”
  • Finnish: “Baqa al-Gharbiyya”
  • French: “Baka al-Gharbiyye”
  • French: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
  • Hebrew: “Bāqa el Gharbīya”
  • Hebrew: “Bāqa el Gharbiyya”
  • Hebrew: “באקה אל-גרביה”
  • Hebrew: “באקה אל-גרבייה”
  • Hebrew: “בקה אל ע’רביה”
  • Hindi: “बाक अल-ग़रबियाय”
  • Italian: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
  • Persian: “باکا الغربیا”
  • Russian: “Бака аль-Гарбия”
  • Russian: “Бака-аль-Гарбия”
  • Russian: “Бака-эль-Гарбия”
  • Spanish: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
  • Swahili: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
  • Turkish: “Batı Baka”
  • Turkish: “Bekaü’l-Garbiyye”
  • Ukrainian: “Бака аль-Гарбія”
  • Urdu: “باقہ الغربیہ”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Metzer and باقة الشرقية.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Abu Bakr Mosque and مسجد الجازية.

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Worth a closer look: Tel Aviv and Nazareth.

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