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Yarka
Druze town in northern Israel

Yarka

Yarka, officially Yirka, is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel.

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In 2019 it had a population of 17,171, 98.8% of them members of the Druze community, with small Muslim (1.0%) and Christian (0.1%) minorities.

How locals move

Getting around Yarka the local way

  • Get inTrain, bus, car or hitch-hiking into the Western Galilee are the options you have.
  • Get aroundHitch-hiking is also possible and relatively easy north of Akko.

From Wikivoyage: Western Galilee, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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