Place in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine
Barqa, Gaza
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.
How locals move
Getting around Barqa, Gaza the local way
- Get aroundBy bus, taxi ("moneet" in Hebrew), or minibus ("moneet sherut").
From Wikivoyage: Ashdod, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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