Burj

Burj (Arabic: برج , tower, derived from a Greek loan-word "pyrgos") may refer to:

Places

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-Shemali, 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 al-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 Khalifa, Dubai, the world's tallest building
Burj al-Taqa, Dubai, an abandoned planned skyscraper
Burj 2020, Dubai, a planned skyscraper proposed
Nakheel Tower, Dubai, originally Al Burj, a planned skyscraper cancelled in 2009

Other cities

Al Burj (Amman), a commercial building in Amman, Jordan
Burj Al Anoud, a skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Musamman Burj, an octagonal tower in Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh, India

Organizations

Burj Al Luq Luq, an independent organisation in Jerusalem

See also

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