Burj Explained

Burj (ar|برج|link=no, tower, derived from either Middle Persian "burg" or Greek loan-word "pyrgos"), el-Burj, Al Burj, may refer to:

Places

India

• Burj Kaila, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, India
• Burj Pukhta, a village in Jalandhar district, Punjab, India

Iran

• 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

• 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

• Bourj Hammoud, a suburb of northeast Beirut
• Burj el-Shamali, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre

Pakistan

• 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

• 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

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• 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

• 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

• Burj Al Luq Luq, an independent organisation in Jerusalem
• Battle of El Burj (1917), a WW1 battle

See also

• • Burg (disambiguation)
• Berg (disambiguation)
• Borj (disambiguation)
• Burji (disambiguation)