Baqa ash-Sharqiyya | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | باقه الشرقية |
| • Latin | Baqa al-Sharqiyya (official) Baqa ash-Sharkiya (unofficial) |
  Baqa ash-Sharqiyya Location of Baqa ash-Sharqiyya within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′38″N 35°04′09″E / 32.41056°N 35.06917°E | |
| Palestine grid | 156/201 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Abdul Rahim Mustafa Janim |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,211 dunams (4.2 km2 or 1.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,892 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The eastern bouquet [of flowers]" or "The eastern Baka"[2] |
Baqa ash-Sharqiyya (Arabic: باقه الشرقية) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) northeast of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 4,892 inhabitants in 2017.[1] Refugees made up 20.4% of the Baqa ash-Sharqiyya's population in 1997.[3]
Approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) to the west, on the other side of the Green Line, lies Baqa al-Gharbiyye, ("the western bouquet of flowers") which is under Israeli jurisdiction. Both towns were originally one town, known as Baqa, until the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Prior to the Second Intifada, Baqa ash-Sharqiyya consisted of 4,000 dunams; Israel confiscated about 2,000 dunams of land in order to build the Israeli West Bank barrier.[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 24 October 2023.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 179
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^ Baqa Al Sharqia: A Palestinian village isolated by the Segregation Wall Archived July 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 13 August 2003.