Kafr Bara

Kafr Bara or Kfar Bara (Arabic: كفر برا‎; Hebrew: כַּפְר בַּרָא) is an Israeli-Arab local council in Israel's Central District. The small town, located near the Green Line, is often considered a part of the Little Triangle along with Kafr Qasim and Jaljulia. In 2018 its population was 3,594.[1]

Kafr Bara

  • כַּפְר בַּרָא‎
  • كفر برا‎
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Káper Báraˀ
 • Also spelledKafar Bara (official)
Kfar Bara (unofficial)
Mosque in Kafr Bara, 2010
Kafr Bara
Coordinates: 32°7′50″N 34°58′19″E
Grid position147/170 PAL
DistrictCentral
Government
 • TypeLocal council
Area
 • Total9,387 dunams (9.387 km2 or 3.624 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total3,594
 • Density380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Name meaningKhirbet Kafr Bara, "The ruin of the village of Bara"[2]

History

Pottery and glass dating from the Roman period (second century CE) and early Byzantine period (fourth century and beginning of fifth century CE), have been found in a burial cave at Kafr Bara.[3] Various agricultural installations, including a winepress, dating from Byzantine era has also been excavated.[4] Archaeological excavations have revealed remains, apparently from a rural settlement from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (sixth–ninth centuries CE).[5]

Ottoman era

In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 20 Muslim households, who paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, and goats and/or beehives; a total of 2,920 akçe. 5/6 of the revenue went to a Waqf.[6]

British Mandate era

At the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate Kafr Bara had 95 inhabitants, all Muslims, in a total of 19 houses.[7]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Bara was 150, all Muslims,[8] who owned 3,959 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[9] Of this, 10 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 12 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,841 used for cereals,[10] while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[11]

1948, and aftermath

After 1948, Kafr Bara has been part of Israel.

Demographics

Kafr Bara had a population of 3,274 in the 2014 census.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2018" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 234
  3. Masarwa, 2008, Kafr Bara Final Report
  4. Eshed, 2017, Kafr Bara Final Report
  5. Abu Fana, 2010, Kafr Bara Final Report
  6. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131
  7. Mills, 1932, p. 59
  8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 126
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 176
  12. "לוח 3.- אוכלוסייה( 1), ביישובים שמנו מעל 2,000 תושבים( 2) ושאר אוכלוסייה כפרית Population (1) of localities numbering above 2,000 Residents (2) and other rural population". Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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