Kafr Bara
  • כַּפְר בַּרָא‎
  • كفر برا
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Káper Báraˀ
 • Also spelledKafar Bara (official)
Kfar Bara (unofficial)
Mosque in Kafr Bara, 2010
Mosque in Kafr Bara, 2010
Kafr Bara is located in Central Israel
Kafr Bara
Kafr Bara
Coordinates: 32°7′50″N 34°58′19″E / 32.13056°N 34.97194°E / 32.13056; 34.97194
Grid position147/170 PAL
DistrictCentral
Area
 • Total9,387 dunams (9.387 km2 or 3.624 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total3,856
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Name meaningKhirbet Kafr Bara, "The ruin of the village of Bara"[2]

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 2021 its population was 3,856.[1]

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. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  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}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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