Baqa al-Gharbiyye
Baqa al-Gharbiyye is a predominantly Arab city in the "Triangle" region of Israel near the Green Line. In 2003, Baqa al-Gharbiyye united with the Jatt local council to form Baqa-Jatt, a unification that was dissolved a few years later.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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”, and “Gharbiya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bir Burin and Ein Shemer Airfield.
Ein Shemer Airfield
Aerodrome
Ein Shemer Airfield is an Israeli Air Force base in northern Israel, located approximately 6 km east of Hadera in the Haifa District, named after the nearby kibbutz Ein Shemer. Ein Shemer Airfield is situated 4 km northwest of Baqa al-Gharbiyye.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlat ’Isa and Metzer.
Nazlat ’Isa
Village
Nazlat 'Isa is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the western West Bank, located 17 kilometres North of Tulkarm.
Metzer
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Metzer is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near the Green Line to the north of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 457.
Jatt
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Jatt is an Arab local council in the Triangle area of Haifa District in Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 12,554.
Baqa al-Gharbiyye
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.41971° or 32° 25′ 11″ northLongitude
35.04283° or 35° 2′ 34″ eastPopulation
30,000Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)United Nations Location Code
IL BAGOpen location code
8G4QC29V+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 278372186OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Baqa al-Gharbiyye” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باقة الغربية,”
- Arabic: “باقة الغربية”
- Arabic: “باقه الغربيه”
- Armenian: “Բակա ալ-Գարբյահ”
- Catalan: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
- Chinese: “西巴盖”
- Chinese: “西巴蓋”
- Czech: “Báka al-Gharbíja”
- Czech: “Baqa al-Gharbiyye”
- 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 ערביה”
- Hebrew: “באקה אל-גרביה”
- Hebrew: “באקה אל-גרבייה”
- Hebrew: “באקה אל-ערביה”
- Hebrew: “באקה אלגרבייה”
- Hebrew: “בקה אל ע’רביה”
- Hebrew: “בקה אל ע’רבייה”
- Hebrew: “בקה אל-גרבייה”
- 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”
- Ukrainian: “Бака аль-Гарбія”
- Urdu: “باقہ الغربیہ”
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