Burqa

Burqa is a town in the , located east of in the northern , . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,047 inhabitants in the 2017 census.
Wikipedia
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 2,090 residents
  • Description: municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
  • Also known as: “Burqa, Ramallah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu and Tel A-Nasbe.

College
Photo: יוסף לברן, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a college.

Archaeological site
Photo: דניאל צבי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell en-Nasbeh, possibly the biblical city of Mizpah, is a 3.2 hectare tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers northwest of in the . is situated 3½ km west of Burqa.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km north of Burqa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokhav Ya’akov and Old Migron.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kokhav Ya'akov is a religious Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the . Located near the Palestinian town of , it is administered by .

Hamlet
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Migron is an Israeli outpost in the , located within 2 km of a former outpost by the same name, that was relocated to its present site on 2 September 2012.

Hamlet
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Giv'at Asaf is an Israeli outpost in the . Located 3.5 kilometres from the settlement of , it falls under the jurisdiction of the .

Burqa

Latitude
31.89526° or 31° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
35.25325° or 35° 15′ 12″ east
Population
2,090
Open location code
8G3QV7W3+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332977221
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q15206022
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Burqa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برقة”
  • Asturian: “Burqa, Ramallah”
  • Bengali: “বোরকা, রামাল্লাহ”
  • Catalan: “Burqa”
  • Dutch: “Burqa, Ramallah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برقه”
  • French: “Burqa (Ramallah)”
  • French: “Burqa”
  • Hebrew: “בורקא”
  • Hebrew: “בורקה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burqa i Ramallah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burqa”
  • Polish: “Burka”

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