Mirka
For the Italian film, see Mirka (film).
| Mirka | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مِركة |
  Mirka Location of Mirka within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′47.62″N 35°14′17.11″E / 32.3965611°N 35.2380861°ECoordinates: 32°23′47.62″N 35°14′17.11″E / 32.3965611°N 35.2380861°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,555 |
Mirka (Arabic: مِركة) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 12 km Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 156)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 128)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 188)
External links
- Welcome To Mirka
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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