Burqa, Nablus
| Burqa | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بُرقه |
| • Also spelled | Burqa (official) |
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| Coordinates: 32°18′08″N 35°11′35″E / 32.30222°N 35.19306°ECoordinates: 32°18′08″N 35°11′35″E / 32.30222°N 35.19306°E | |
| Palestine grid | 168/189 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Mohammed Issam Abu Issa |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,030 |
| Name meaning | Sandy soil covered with dark stones, especially flints. |
Burqa (Arabic: بُرقه) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 4,030 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.
Ceramics from the late Roman era have been found here, as has ceramics from the Byzantine era, and Early Muslim era.
Burin was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Jabal Sami of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 15 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summercrops, olives, goats or beehives, a press for olives or grapes, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 5,132 akçe.
In 1838, Edward Robinson described Burqa as "a large village situated upon a sort of terrace on the side of the northern ridge, overlooking the whole basin of Sebustieh." He further noted that the village had a mixture of Greek Christians and Muslim inhabitants.
In 1863, Victor Guérin found the village to have one thousand inhabitants.
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Burka as a "A large stone village on a terrace, with a good grove of olives and two springs to the west, and well to the south. The road ascends the pass through the village. There are cactus hedges round the gardens north of the village, and a large threshing-floor in the middle of the place which is built in a straggling manner along the hill-side. Some of its inhabitants are Greek Christians."
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