Back دورا القرع Arabic دورا القرع ARZ দুরা আল-কার Bengali/Bangla Dura al-Qar' Catalan Dūrā al Qar‘ CEB Dura al-Qar' French דורא אל-קרע HE Dura al-Qar' NN Dura al-Kar Polish
Dura al-Qar' | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دورا القرع |
| • Latin | Dura al-Qari' (official) Dura al-Qari'a or Dura al-Qara (unofficial) |
 View of Dura al-Qar' | |
  Dura al-Qar' Location of Dura al-Qar' within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′33″N 35°13′42″E / 31.95917°N 35.22833°E | |
| Palestine grid | 171/151 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,016 dunams (4.0 km2 or 1.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 728 m (2,388 ft) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,032 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "a circle"[3] |
Dura al-Qar' (Arabic: دورا القرع) or Dura al-Qari'a is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Dura al-Qar' had a population of 3,032 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
The town's total land area is 4,016 dunams, of which 2,891 dunams have been appropriated by Israel mostly for the purpose of building a by-pass road. According to Dura al-Qar's village council, 142 families have been directly affected by the confiscations and 58% of the town's population depend on those lands as main sources of income.[citation needed]
- ^ Dura el Qar’ 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. 229