EntityQ2915523· pop 13· linked from 257 articles

Buq'ata

'''Buq'ata''' (; ) is a town in southwestern Syria, in the Quneitra Governorate, Golan Heights. It has been under Israeli occupation since 1967 and is administered by Israel as a local council. The town has a predominantly Druze population.

Weather now

cached 184h ago

17°scattered clouds

69% 5.1 m/s OpenWeatherMap

Place details

Locality: بقعاثا
Region: מחוז הצפון
Country: ישראל
Population: 6,528

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Buq'ata
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.imagesize: 200px
Settlement.image_caption: Buq'ata
Settlement.image_map: Buqata entry road.jpg
Settlement.map_caption: Buq'ata town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria Golan#Syria#Israel Golan
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: The Golan on the map of Syria; Buq'ata on the map of the Golan.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Golan Heights, internationally recognised as Syrian territory occupied by Israel. See Status of the Golan Heights.
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Israeli District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northern District

Key dates

Inception: 1886

via Wikidata · CC0

Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Official name: بقعاثا
Country: Israel
Located in: Northern District
Population: +6752
Area: +19.54
Elevation: +1070
Official website: bukata.net
Image: Buqata entry road.jpg

Show 1 more fact

P706: Golan Heights

via Wikidata · CC0

Article

7 sections

Contents

History
Demography
Economy
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

Buq'ata covers an area of 7,000 dunams (7 km2) between two mountains in the Golan Heights, Mount Hermonit and Mount Varda. Located 1,070 metres above sea level, it had a population of in .