Yarka
Yarka
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • Also spelled | Yirka (official) |
Yarka local council building | |
| Coordinates: 32°57′14″N 35°12′44″E / 32.95389°N 35.21222°E | |
| Grid position | 170/261 PAL |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,564 dunams (15.564 km2 or 6.009 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 17,759 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Yarka, officially Yirka (Hebrew: יִרְכָּא, Arabic: يركا), 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 a small Muslim (1.0%) and Christian (0.1%) minorities.