Yirka

Infobox Municipality
official_name=Yirka


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native_name=ירכא
يركا
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settlement_type=Local council
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other_name=Yarka
subdivision_type= Country |subdivision_name = Israel |subdivision_type1=District |established_title=|unit_pref=Dunam |timezone=IST |utc_offset =+2 |timezone_DST=IDT |utc_offset_DST=+3
subdivision_name1=North
population_total=12,500
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latd=32 |latm=56 |lats= |latNS=N |longd=35 |longm=11 |longs= |longEW=E

Yirka ( _he. ירכא, _ar. يركا) is an Israeli Druze village and local council in Israel's North District, northeast of Acre.

The tomb of Sheikh Abu Saraya Ghanem, a well-known Druze religious scholar is located in Yirka. The village is home to one of the largest factories in the Middle East, a steel mill built and owned by the Kadmani Family.

References

* http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/druze.html

See also

*List of Arab localities in Israel