Back برقة (رام الله) Arabic برقه (بلده فى محافظه رام الله والبيره) ARZ বোরকা, রামাল্লাহ Bengali/Bangla Burqa (Ramal·lah) Catalan Burqa (Ramallah) French בורקה (נפת רמאללה ואל-בירה) HE Burqa i Ramallah NN Burka (Ramallah) Polish
Burqa | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بُرقة |
 Burqa´s mosque from the north | |
  Burqa Location of Burqa within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′45″N 35°15′15″E / 31.89583°N 35.25417°E | |
| Palestine grid | 174/144 |
| Country |  Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Elevation | 738 m (2,421 ft) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,047 |
| Name meaning | "The speckled ground"[3] |
Burqa (Arabic: بُرقة) 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 (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,047 inhabitants in the 2017 census.[2]
- ^ Burqa Village profile, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 292