Baka
البقعة, בַּקְעָה | |
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Neighborhood | |
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| Coordinates: 31°45′33.01″N 35°13′14.94″E / 31.7591694°N 35.2208167°E | |
| City | Jerusalem |
| Established | Late 19th century |
| Elevation | 760 m (2,490 ft) |
Baka (Arabic: البقعة, lit. "Valley";[1] Hebrew: בַּקְעָה) is a neighborhood in southern Jerusalem. The official name is Geulim, which is mainly used on road signs.[2]
- ^ "Neighborhoods: Baka". Welcome Home Realty. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ Aderet, Ofer (29 July 2011). "A stir over sign language: A recently discovered trove of documents from the 1950s reveals a nasty battle in Jerusalem over the hebraization of street and neighborhood names". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 December 2011.