Burqin
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This article is about Palestinian town. For the Xinjiang, China county with the same name, see Burqin County.
| Burqin | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | برقين |
| • Also spelled | Birqin (official) |
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| Coordinates: 32°27′20″N 35°15′37″E / 32.45556°N 35.26028°ECoordinates: 32°27′20″N 35°15′37″E / 32.45556°N 35.26028°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 19,447 dunams (19.4 km2 / 7.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 7,900 |
Burqin (Arabic: برقين) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 5 km west of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, its population in 2006 was 7,900.[1] The majority of Burqin's residents are Muslims, and 20 Christian families live in the town. The historical St. George's Church is a famous landmark of Burqin.
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[edit] History
Burqin is mentioned under the name Burqana, in the 14th century BCE Amarna letters, as one of several cities conquered by the Canaanite warlord Lab'ayu in the Dothan Valley and southern Jezreel Valley.[2]
[edit] Bibliography
- Goren, Yuval et al., (2004). Yuval Goren, Israel Finkelstein, Michal Artzy. ed. Inscribed in clay: provenance study of the Amarna tablets and other ancient Near Eastern texts. Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology (Original from the University of Michigan). ISBN 9652660205, 9789652660206. http://books.google.ca/books?id=47piAAAAMAAJ&q=shunama+sulam&dq=shunama+sulam&hl=en&ei=zBLcS--vH4yN_AaYjbXwBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA.
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