Buq'ata (Arabic: بقعاتة) is a Druze town in the northern Golan Heights, currently occupied by Israel. It covers an area of 7,000 dunams, at a height of 1,070 m. above sea level, between Mount Hermonit and Mount Varda. Buq'ata achieved recognition as a Local Council in 1982. The population is 5,200 (2003), with an annual growth rate of 2 percent. Arabic (العربية al-arabiyyah, or less formally arabi) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Druze (Arabic: duruzÄ« درزي, pl. ... Sites on the Golan in blue are Israeli settlement communities. ... A dunam (or dönüm) is a unit of land area enclosing 1000 square metres. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Economy

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (2001), the village is ranked just 2 out of 10 on the national socioeconomic index. In 2000, only 72.5 percent of Grade 12 students were entitled to a matriculation certificate, and the average income was NIS 2,457 per month, as compared to the national average of NIS 6,835. The local economy is predominantly agricultural, with apples and grapes being the main crops. Many residents works as laborers in the neighboring settlements. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis...

History

Buq'ata was founded in the 1880s by families from the neighboring town of Majdal Shams. It was destroyed in 1888 during a series of feuds between rival villages in the area, and again in 1925, during the Druze Revolt. In 1967, the town was captured by Israel from Syria during the Six-Day War. // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים transliteration: Milhemet Sheshet Hayamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days War, or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ...