Baqa al-Gharbiyya is situated in the District of Tulkarm, positioned approximately 17 km northeast of Tulkarm at an elevation of 75 meters above sea level. The settlement experienced significant population expansion across the twentieth century: from 1,443 residents in 1922 to 1,640 by 1931, and 2,240 by 1945 under British Mandate administration.
Following 1948, the population increased dramatically to 9,500 in 1961, 15,190 by 1995, 21,770 in 2007, and approximately 30,750 by 2023. Land ownership was predominantly Arab. British Mandate Village Statistics from 1945 documented 21,116 dunums under Arab ownership versus only 886 dunums held by Jewish settlers, with minimal public lands.
The town appears in Ottoman tax records and historical documents spanning centuries. A rare historical document references displacement during the Qaysiyya-Yemeniyya conflict of 1855, an internal sectarian war affecting Palestinian communities during Ottoman rule. Today, Baqa al-Gharbiyya maintains traditional Palestinian architecture and cultural identity, with ongoing documentation of historical structures, religious institutions, and community institutions.
