Kafr Bara
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A transcription(s) | |
• ISO 259 | Káper Báraˀ |
• Also spelled | Kafar Bara (official) Kfar Bara (unofficial) |
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mosque of Kafr Bara in 2010 | |
Coordinates: 32°7′50″N 34°58′19″E / 32.13056°N 34.97194°E | |
Grid position | 147/170 PAL |
District | Central |
Area | |
• Total | 9,387 dunams (9.387 km2 or 3.624 sq mi) |
Population (2022)
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• Total | 3,946 |
• Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Name meaning | Khirbet Kafr Bara, "The ruin of the village of Bara" [2] |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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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 / 32.13056°N 34.97194°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] |
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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