Barqusya
Sign in to saveBarqusya (also: Barkusya, ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War. It was located 31 km northwest of Hebron. ==History== In 1838, in the Ottoman era, Berkusia was noted as Muslim village in the Gaza area, and being "somewhat larger" than Bil'in.
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Barqusya (also: Barkusya, ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War. It was located 31 km northwest of Hebron. ==History== In 1838, in the Ottoman era, Berkusia was noted as Muslim village in the Gaza area, and being "somewhat larger" than Bil'in.
In 1863, Victor Guérin found the village to have about 150 inhabitants. He further noted that it was situated on a low hill, with fig trees to the north.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barqusya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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