Burqa
Burqa is a town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located east of Ramallah in the northern West Bank, Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,047 inhabitants in the 2017 census.
- Village with about 2,090 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 740 metres (2,420 feet)
- …is also known as “Burqa, Ramallah”
- Description: municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yeshivat Hekhal Eliyahu and Tel A-Nasbe.
Tel A-Nasbe
Tell en-Nasbeh, possibly the biblical city of Mizpah… Tel A-Nasbe is situated 3½ km west of Burqa.
Burj Beitin
Burj Beitin 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.
Burqa
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Latitude
31.89526° or 31° 53′ 43″ north
Longitude
35.25325° or 35° 15′ 12″ east
Open location code
8G3QV7W3+47
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
Wikidata ID
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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”
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Oz Tsion and Ramat Migron.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mosque and Burqa Hall.
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