For other with similar names, see
Burka .
Municipality type C in Ramallah and al-Bireh, Palestine
Burqa (
Arabic : بُرقة ) is a town in the
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate , located east of
Ramallah in the northern
West Bank ,
Palestine . According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,047 inhabitants in the 2017 census.
[2]
Location
Burqa is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) (horizontally) east of
Ramallah . It is bordered by
Deir Dibwan to the east and north,
Beitin to the north,
Al-Bireh to the west, and
Mukhmas and
Kafr 'Aqab to the south.
[1]
History
In 1596, Burqa appeared in
Ottoman
tax registers as being in the
Nahiya of Quds of the
Liwa of
Quds . It had a population of 28
Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olives, fruit trees, goats and/or beehives; a total of 4,940
akçe .
[4]
In 1838
Edward Robinson noted it as a Muslim village, Burka , located in the area immediately north of Jerusalem,
[5] seeing it "high up on the hill-side".
[6]
In 1863
Victor Guérin found it to contain about thirty houses. A Muslim
shrine devoted to
Sheikh Youseph was also noted.
[7]
An Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Burka had a population of 152, with a total of 31 houses, though the population count included men, only.
[8]
[9] In 1883, the
PEF 's
Survey of Western Palestine described Burkah as "a good-sized village standing high on a bare hillside, with a spring in the valley to the south."
[10]
In 1896 the population of Burka was estimated to be about 270 people.
[11]
British Mandate of Palestine
In the
1922 census of Palestine , conducted by the
British Mandate authorities , Burqa had a population of 268, all Muslims,
[12] increasing in the
1931 census , to 320, still all Muslim, in 66 houses.
[13]
In the
1945 statistics , the population was 380, all Muslims,
[14] while the total land area was 6,001
dunams , according to an official land and population survey.
[15] Of this, 1,297 dunams were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 2,460 for cereals,
[16] while 22 dunams were classified as built-up areas.
[17]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the
1948 Arab–Israeli War , and after the
1949 Armistice Agreements , Burqa came under
Jordanian rule .
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 582 inhabitants.
[18]
1967 and aftermath
Since the
Six-Day War in 1967, Burqa has been under
Israeli occupation .
After the
1995 accords , 8.5% of the village land was defined as
Area B land, while the remaining 91.5% was defined as
Area C .
[19] Israel has confiscated land from Burqa for the construction of the
Israeli settlement of
Kokhav Ya'akov .
[1]
The outpost
Migron, Mateh Binyamin was located east of Burqa, on land registered as privately owned by inhabitants of Burqa and
Deir Dibwan . In 2012 Migron was evacuated and since then the area is deserted.
[20]
[21]
[22]
[23]
^
a
b
c
Burqa Village profile , ARIJ, p. 4
^
a
b
Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF) .
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
State of Palestine . February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24 .
^ Palmer, 1881, p.
292
^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 112
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix, p.
122
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, p.
118
^ Guérin, 1869, p.
57
^ Socin, 1879, p.
149 It was also noted to be in the
Bire district, located 1+ 1 ⁄2 -hours southeast of the town
^ Hartmann, 1883, p.
127 also noted 31 houses
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p.
9
^ Schick, 1896, p.
121
^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p.
16
^ Mills, 1932, p.
48 .
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p.
26
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
64
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
111
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
161
^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p.
24
^
Burqa Village profile , ARIJ, p. 16
^
"Peace now" . Archived from
the original on October 23, 2007.
^
State: Migron outpost to be evacuated within six months , 23 January 2008, By Yuval Boaz,
Ha'aretz
^
Settlers leaders to vote on moving Migron outpost 7 August 2008, By Tovah Lazaroff,
Jpost
^
In Battle Over a Settlement, It's Israelis vs. Israelis 24 December 2003, By Richard Bernstein,
The New York Times
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External links
Welcome To Burqa
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17:
IAA ,
Wikimedia commons
Burqa Village (fact sheet) ,
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Burqa Village profile , ARIJ
Burqa - aerial photo , ARIJ
Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Burqa Village , ARIJ
The Delusion of evacuating Migron Outpost , 15, October, 2008, POICA
Israeli Colonists Uproot Olive Trees in Burqa – Ramallah Governorate 14, May, 2011, POICA
Colonists Use Fraud to Capture Lands 05, July, 2012, POICA
Me'ron colonists destroy 31 olive trees in Burqa Village , 07/02/2014, POICA
Unipal: Burqa