Barkan 4289456 163448891 2007-10-10T00:03:30Z SmackBot 433328 Standard headings &/or gen fixes. '''Barkan''' ([[Hebrew Language|Hebrew]]: ברקן), is an [[Israeli settlement]] located in the [[West Bank]] region of [[Samaria]], about 25 [[kilometres|km]] east of [[Tel Aviv]], under the administrative local government of the [[Shomron Regional Council]]. Founded in June 1981 by non-religious [[Israeli]]s from the [[Beitar]] and [[Herut]] movements, the [[yishuv]] is part of a chain of settlements built along the [[Highway 5 (Israel)|Trans-Samaria Highway]], and adjacent to the [[Barkan Industrial Park]] in which Israelis and [[Palestinians]] work side by side in dozens of factories. The original name of the town was ''Beit Abba'' after [[Abba Achimeir]] who was one of the leaders of the [[Lehi (group)|Lehi]]. Barkan was named after the [[archeological site]] of [[Burak]], east of the town, which is the remnant of an [[Israelite]] settlement during the time of the first and second [[Temple in Jerusalem|temples]]. Barkan's population was approximately 1,200 at the end of 2004 (according to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]]), in over 380 families. ==External links== * [http://sdf.shomron.org.il/yishuv/barkan.html Menachem Brody's photos of Barkan] {{Shomron Regional Council}} [[Category:Non-religious Israeli settlements]] {{Israel-geo-stub}} [[de:Liste israelischer Siedlungen]] [[he:ברקן (יישוב)]]