Bruqin
Bruqin | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | إبروقين |
| • Latin | Buruqin (official) Ibruqin (unofficial) |
Location of Bruqin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′16″N 35°05′58″E / 32.07111°N 35.09944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/164 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Ekremah M. Samara |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,237 dunams (13.2 km2 or 5.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 4,047 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Berukin |
Bruqin (Arabic: إبروقين) is a Palestinian town 13 kilometers west of Salfit in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Brukhin, which was built over lands confiscated from the Palestinian town. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bruqin had a population of 4,047 in 2017. The town used to be on a camel-trading route. There is evidence of Roman rule in the city due to the presence of three ancient pools and a tomb.