Dura al-Qar'

Dura al-Qar'
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	دورا القرع
• Latin	Dura al-Qari' (official) Dura al-Qari'a or Dura al-Qara (unofficial)
View of Dura al-Qar'
Dura al-Qar' Location of Dura al-Qar' within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°57′33″N 35°13′42″E / 31.95917°N 35.22833°E / 31.95917; 35.22833
Palestine grid	171/151
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Ramallah and al-Bireh
Government
• Type	Village council
Area
• Total	4,016 dunams (4.0 km2 or 1.5 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	728 m (2,388 ft)
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	3,032
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Name meaning	"a circle"[3]

Dura al-Qar' (Arabic: دورا القرع) or Dura al-Qari'a is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Dura al-Qar' had a population of 3,032 inhabitants in 2017.^[2]

The town's total land area is 4,016 dunams, of which 2,891 dunams have been appropriated by Israel mostly for the purpose of building a by-pass road. According to Dura al-Qar's village council, 142 families have been directly affected by the confiscations and 58% of the town's population depend on those lands as main sources of income.^{[citation needed]}