Yarka
Sign in to saveYarka, officially Yirka (, ), is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 17,171, 98.8% of them members of the Druze community, with small Muslim (1.0%) and Christian (0.1%) minorities.
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Place details
- Locality
- جولس
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 17,171
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Yarka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Hebrew
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
- Also spelled
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
- Yirka (official)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- PikiWiki Israel 8723 yarka local council building.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Yarka local council building
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel northwest#Israel
- Settlement.grid_name
- Grid position
- Settlement.grid_position
- 170/261 PAL
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Located in
- Acre Subdistrict
- Population
- +2720
- Area
- +15.564
- Elevation
- +281
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.yirka.muni.il
- Image
- PikiWiki Israel 8723 yarka local council building.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient era
- Crusader period
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- Religious sites
- Economy
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Yarka, officially Yirka (, ), is a Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 17,171, 98.8% of them members of the Druze community, with small Muslim (1.0%) and Christian (0.1%) minorities.
==History== ===Ancient era=== Yarka is an ancient village site, where old columns and cisterns have been found. A Greek inscription here dating from the early Christian era was found by Clermont-Ganneau in 1881.