Marah al-Baqqar
Marah al-Baqqar is a Palestinian village in the Dura district of the Hebron Governorate, south of the West Bank. It is located west of the city of Hebron, at an elevation of 750 meters above sea level.- Type: Locality with 212 residents
- Description: Palestinian village
- Also known as: “Khirbat Marāḩ al Baqqār”, “Khirbat Maraḥ el Baqqār”, “Marah al Baqqar”, “Marāḩ al Baqqār”, and “مراح البقار”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Negohot and As-Sura.
Negohot
Village
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Negohot is an Israeli settlement in the southern Hebron Hills of the West Bank. Located on a hill 700 m above sea level to the west of the Hebron area, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council.
As-Sura
Village
as-Sura is a Palestinian village located fifteen kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,941 in 2017.
Al-Majd
Village
Al-Majd is a Palestinian village located eighteen kilometers south-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate of Palestine, in the southern West Bank. The village had a population of 2,277 in 2017. Al-Majd is situated 3 km west of Marah al-Baqqar.
Marah al-Baqqar
- Categories: human settlement and human population
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Marah al-Baqqar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Marah al-Baqqar”
- Arabic: “مراح البقار”
- Cebuano: “Marāḩ al Baqqār”
- Dutch: “Marāḩ al Baqqār”
- Hebrew: “מראח אל־בקאר”
- Hebrew: “מראח אלבאקר”
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