Khirbet Kurkush
Khirbet Kurkush is an archeological site in the West Bank. It lies between the Israeli settlements of Bruchin and Ariel and near the Palestinian town of Bruqin, in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine.Photo: Ameen Rammal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Archaeological site in the West Bank, Palestine
- Also known as: “Khirbet Qurqush”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barkan and Bruqin.
Barkan
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barkan is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, about 8 km west of the Palestinian city of Salfit, under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council.
Bruqin
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bruqin is a Palestinian town 13 kilometers west of Salfit in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Brukhin, which was built over lands confiscated from the Palestinian town.
Brukhin
Village
Brukhin is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, about 1 km from the Palestinian city of Bruqin, whose lands were confiscated in order to construct Brukhin.
Khirbet Kurkush
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.08745° or 32° 5′ 15″ northLongitude
35.11514° or 35° 6′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8G4Q34P8+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4713344991OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q98454829
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Khirbet Kurkush” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة قرقش”
- Hebrew: “חורבת כורכוש”
- Hebrew: “חורבת כורקוש”
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