al-birwa stood on a rocky hill overlooking the acre plain, with an average elevation of 60 meters above sea level. it was situated at the intersection of two highways—one led to acre and the other towards haifa. located 10.5 kilometers east of acre, the other nearest localities to al-birwa included al-damun (depopulated in 1948) to the south, and the arab towns of jadeida to the northwest, julis to the north, sha'ab to the east, and majd al-kurum to the northeast.