Kafr_Bara
Kafr Bara
Arab-Muslim locality and village in the Galilee region of northern Israel
Kafr Bara or Kfar Bara (Arabic: كفر برا; Hebrew: כַּפְר בַּרָא) is an Arab locality in Israel in situated in its Central District. The small village, located near the Green Line, is often considered a part of the Arabs' Little Triangle along with the cities of Kafr Qasim and Jaljulia. In 2022 its population was 3,946.[1]
Kafr Bara
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| A transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Káper Báraˀ |
| • Also spelled | Kafar Bara (official) Kfar Bara (unofficial) |
A mosque of Kafr Bara in 2010 | |
| Coordinates: 32°7′50″N 34°58′19″E | |
| Grid position | 147/170 PAL |
| District | Central |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,387 dunams (9.387 km2 or 3.624 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,946 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Khirbet Kafr Bara, "The ruin of the village of Bara"[2] |
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
Since 1948, Kafr Bara has been part of the newly founded State of Israel.[citation needed]
Kafr Bara had a population of 3,274 in the 2014 census.[12]
- "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- Masarwa, 2008, Kafr Bara Final Report
- Eshed, 2017, Kafr Bara Final Report
- Abu Fana, 2010, Kafr Bara Final Report
- Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131
- "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.
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- Abu Fana, Mohammed (11 February 2010). "Kafr Bara Final Report" (122). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Eshed, Vered (6 August 2017). "Kafr Bara Final Report" (129). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Masarwa, Marwan (11 February 2008). "Kafr Bara Final Report" (120). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
