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Burqa

Burqa is a village in the in the northern , Palestine, located northwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,030 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 4,152 by 2017.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: municipality in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine
  • Also known as: “Burqa, Nablus”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roman Theatre.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km south of Burqa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Homesh and Silat ad-Dhahr.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
was an Israeli settlement in the along Route 60, just south of the Palestinian towns of and , illegally built on private Palestinian land.

Village
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is a Palestinian town in the of , in the northern , located 22 kilometers southwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the town had a population of 5,794 in 2007 and 7,406 by 2017.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian village in the in northern , located 18 kilometers northwest of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,821 inhabitants in 2007 and 3,323 by 2017.

Burqa

Latitude
32.30123° or 32° 18′ 4″ north
Longitude
35.19426° or 35° 11′ 39″ east
Open location code
8G4Q852V+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 333125865
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q5000295
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Burqa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برقا”
  • Arabic: “برقة نابلس”
  • Arabic: “برقة”
  • Arabic: “بُرقة”
  • Arabic: “برقه (نابلس)”
  • Arabic: “بُرقه‎”
  • Arabic: “قرية برقة”
  • Basque: “Burqa (Nablus)”
  • Basque: “Burqa”
  • Catalan: “Burqa”
  • Dutch: “Burqa, Nablus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برقه”
  • French: “Barqa”
  • Hebrew: “בורקה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burqa i Nablus”

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Localities in the Area

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