Burqa, Nablus
Burqa is a village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, Palestine, located northwest of Nablus.
Burqa is a village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, Palestine, located northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 4,030 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 4,152 by 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around Burqa, Nablus
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.
- 01Nabi Yahya Mosque
The Nabi Yahya Mosque is a mosque containing the traditional tomb of Yahya in Sebastia, Nablus. The mosque also reputedly contains the tombs of the prophets Elisha and Obadiah.
2.9 km · Mosque in Sebastia, Nablus, West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to Burqa, Nablus
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 43 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 84 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 99 km
- Tel Aviv → Burqa, Nablus46 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · ₪22–29
- Eilat → Burqa, Nablus306 km · quickest by road, 6h 36m · ₪130–170
- Amman → Burqa, Nablus80 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · JD6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for Burqa, Nablus
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 Burqa, Nablus. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Ben Gurion it is cheapest to take a "sherut" (shared taxi) to the bus station on Nablus Road by Damascus Gate, and then follow the directions above to Nablus.
- Go nextShared minibus taxis (sherut/servees) leaving Nablus tend to congregate around the center of town and along the two-sided Al-Gazalah (Al-Hadadeen) Street going southeast out of town.
- Go nextTo get there by hitchhiking, take a sherut to Tubas (₪7.50) and from there hitchhike east through Tayasir and Aqabah to the highway #578 or #90, and then north past the Israeli checkpoint.
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Next door to Burqa, Nablus
Burqa, Nablus is 46 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sebastiamunicipality in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine3 km
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- Bizziriyavillage council in Nablus2.6 km
- JabaPalestinian town near Jenin3.6 km
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- Fandaqumiyavillage council in Jenin Governorate2.2 km