Nearby localities include Beer Ajam to the north, Naba al-Sakhr to the northeast, al-Harra and Namer to the east, al-Suwaysah and Jasim to the southeast and al-Rafid to the south.

It consisted of about 100 houses with 85 families, translating into an approximate population of 425, including 68 adult male fighters.

Its streets were wide and clean, it abounded in heaps of hay and contained a well-built mosque.

To the north of Bariqa was an icy-water spring and to the east was a pool which irrigated the village's crops.

Bariqa served as the residence of the sheikh ("chief") of all the Circassian villages in the Golan Heights region.