Barqa, Gaza
Barqa was a Palestinian Arab village located 37 km north of Gaza near the modern-day Israeli city of Ashdod.
Barqa was a Palestinian Arab village located 37 km north of Gaza near the modern-day Israeli city of Ashdod. It was referred to as Barka by the Greeks and Bareca by the Romans during their rule over the ancient Philistine city. In 1945, the village had a population of 890 and total land area of 5,206 dunums.
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Worth seeing in and around Barqa, Gaza
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ad Halom Bridge
Jisr Isdud or Isdud Bridge, also known as the Ad Halom Bridge, was a 13th century Mamluk bridge built over the Lakhish River. It is located approximately 1.5 km north of the Ad Halom junction.
3.1 km · bridge in Ashdod, Israel · Wikipedia - 02Ad Halom
Ad Halom is a site at the eastern entrance to the city of Ashdod, Israel, where three bridges cross the Lakhish River.
3.1 km · Historical site in Ashdod, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barqa, Gaza
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 31 km · El Arish (AAC), 115 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 122 km
- Stations
- Hatzor, 2.9 km · Ashdod Ad Halom Metropol railway station, 3.4 km
- Eilat → Barqa, GazaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Amman → Barqa, Gaza3867 km · quickest by air, 11h 40m · JD350–530
- El Arish → Barqa, Gaza3816 km · quickest by air, 11h 51m · E£16,970–26,290
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No local-transport research exists yet for Barqa, Gaza
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barqa, Gaza. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundBy bus, taxi ("moneet" in Hebrew), or minibus ("moneet sherut").
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Barqa, Gaza is 35 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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