Arqa
（重定向自Arkite）
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Arqa (Phoenician: Irqata; Hebrew:ערקת, 'Arqat in the Bible) is a village near Miniara in Akkar District of the North Governorate in Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast.
The former bishopric remains a double catholic titular see. It is significant for the Tell Arqa, an archaeological site that goes back to Neolithic times, and during the Crusades there was a strategically significant castle.