Burj
Burj (Arabic: برج, tower, derived from either Middle Persian "burg" or Greek loan-word "pyrgos"), el-Burj, Al Burj, may refer to:
Places
[edit]India
[edit]- Burj Kaila, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, India
- Burj Pukhta, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, India
Iran
[edit]- Burj, Markazi, a village in Shazand County, Markazi Province
- Borj-e Mohammadan or Burj, a village in Zirkuh County, South Khorasan Province
- Burj-i-Qanat, a village in Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province
Israel/Palestine
[edit]- al-Burj, Hebron, a Palestinian village in Hebron Governorate
- al-Burj, Ramle, a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict, depopulated in 1948
- Khirbat Al-Burj, a depopulated Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict and archeological site
- Khirbat Umm Burj, a Palestinian village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in 1948
Lebanon
[edit]- Bourj Hammoud, a suburb of northeast Beirut
- Burj el-Shemali, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre
Pakistan
[edit]- Burj Attari, a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan
- Burj Jeway Khan, a town in the Punjab province of Pakistan
- Burj Mandi, a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan
Syria
[edit]- al-Burj, al-Bab, a village in Aleppo Governorate
- al-Burj, Idlib, a village in Idlib Governorate
- Burj Islam, a village in the Latakia Governorate
- Burj Qa'i, a village in Homs Governorate
Buildings
[edit]Dubai, United Arab Emirates
[edit]- Burj Al Alam, Dubai, a planned skyscraper cancelled in 2013
- Burj Al Arab, Dubai, the world's fourth-tallest hotel
- Burj Al Fattan, Dubai, a planned skyscraper
- Burj Azizi, Dubai, a construction skyscraper
- Burj Jumeirah, Dubai, a planned skyscraper
- Burj Khalifa, Dubai, the world's tallest building
- Burj al-Taqa, Dubai, an abandoned planned skyscraper
- Burj Vista, Dubai, a residential skyscraper
- Uptown Dubai Tower 1, Dubai, originally Burj 2020, a planned skyscraper
- Nakheel Tower, Dubai, originally Al Burj, a planned skyscraper cancelled in 2009
Other cities
[edit]- Al Burj (Amman), a commercial building in Amman, Jordan
- Burj Doha, a skyscraper in Doha, Qatar
- Burj Al Anoud, a skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Burj Rafal, a hotel and residential building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Fateh Burj, a Tower in Chappar Chiri village of Punjab, India
- Musamman Burj, an octagonal tower in Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh, India
- al-Burj (Tower of Beitin), the ruins of a Crusader tower in Beitin, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine-Israel
Other uses
[edit]- Burj Al Luq Luq, an independent organisation in Jerusalem
- Battle of El Burj (1917), a WW1 battle