Brūqīn
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.
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. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bruqin had a population of 4,047 in 2017. The town used to be on a camel-trading route. There is evidence of Roman rule in the city due to the presence of three ancient pools and a tomb.
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Worth seeing in and around Brūqīn
One place 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.
- 01Khirbet 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.
2.4 km · Archaeological site in the West Bank, Palestine · Wikipedia
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Getting to Brūqīn
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 21 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 85 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 93 km
- Amman → Brūqīn81 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · JD4.5–6
- El Arish → Brūqīn162 km · quickest by road, 4h 56m · E£390–520
- Beirut → Brūqīn206 km · quickest by road, 6h 29m · $33–46
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No local-transport research exists yet for Brūqīn
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 Brūqīn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHitchhiking (Tremp) Ariel is long and narrow (it follows the crest of a long mountain ridge), so it could be a long walk from one part to another.
- Go nextHitch a ride, or take Palestinian licence-plated taxi, from Ariel Junction to Nablus.
From Wikivoyage: Ariel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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Next door to Brūqīn
Brūqīn is 30 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Alei ZahavIsraeli settlement in the West Bank3.3 km
- Kafr ad-Dikmunicipality in Salfit Governorate1.6 km
- Kafr Einvillage council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate3.2 km
- BrukhinIsraeli settlement in the West Bank1.6 km
- West Bani Zeidmunicipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate3.3 km
- Qarawat Bani Zeidvillage council in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank, Palestine3.3 km